… Meta has paid roughly $2 billion to settle biometric privacy lawsuits in Illinois and Texas, which accused the company of capturing users' faceprints without consent for the same photo-tagging system it later shuttered. …
… Since then, the US Virgin Islands attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against Meta that, among other things, alleged that the company not only failed to crack down on scam advertising but charged advertisers higher rates to run ads flagged as likely to be fraudulent. That lawsuit is ongoing. …
… Now I guess the privacy brand isn't as valuable, so they just reverse it and blame the users.”
… This has already prompted an ongoing consumer protection lawsuit. …