Meta Agrees to Record $1.4 Billion Settlement with Texas Over Facial Recognition Violations

The lawsuit accused Meta of illegally collecting biometric data from millions of Texans without their consent, marking the largest privacy settlement by a single state.

Meta will pay $1.4 billion over five years to settle the claims.
The lawsuit was filed in 2022 under Texas' biometric privacy law.
Meta's Tag Suggestions feature automatically scanned faces in photos without user consent.
This is the largest settlement ever obtained from an action brought by a single state.
Meta has faced similar lawsuits, including a $650 million settlement in Illinois.