… Following legal backlash, Meta agreed to pay $650 million to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, which requires companies to obtain explicit consent before capturing biometric data such as facial scans. …
… He did not specifically say how the agents would be trained with the data, but did say that Meta would rigorously gather data "for all the types of interactions we have as we go about our work." Eric Null, director of the Privacy and Data Project at the digital rights organization Center for Democr… …
… At the time, a Meta spokesperson responded that the company is "not building a central face database." In late 2021, under public pressure, Meta announced plans to shut down its efforts to build a central facial recognition database on the Facebook platform. …
… June 18, 2026 at 9:15 AM PDT Raven Prism is a privacy-focused Linux smartglasses computer By Scott Stein With concerns growing over privacy and personal control in AI and wearable tech, it's fascinating to see a pair of glasses promising a Linux-based operating system and hackable expandability tha… …