Is the Facebook biometric data privacy lawsuit in Illinois going to trial after all?
That $550 million that Facebook Inc. agreed to pay in January to settle claims that it violated its Illinois members’…
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iOS app blocks facial recognition, biometric authentication coming to Facebook Messenger for Apple
A newly released iOS camera app anonymizes the user in photos and videos by obscuring their faces, and even removing…
Judge rejects “98.75 percent discount” of $550M settlement in Facebook biometric privacy case
Facebook’s $550 million settlement agreement over alleged biometric data privacy violations is in doubt, after a federal judge refused to…
Clearview AI says it’s like Facebook, Twitter in new defense
No one thought that Clearview AI, the biometrics firm that secretly scrapes images from the internet for its facial recognition…
Facebook pays users for their voice recordings to improve speech recognition tech
After it was caught in the act of secretly transcribing voice recordings without user consent, Facebook is officially upgrading its…
Adequacy of Facebook’s $550M biometric data privacy settlement questioned by overseeing judge
The judge overseeing Facebook’s proposed $550 million settlement of its biometric data privacy class action lawsuit has requested details about…
Facebook settles biometric face-tagging suit for $550 million
Facebook Inc. executives have said they will pay $550 million to settle accusations that the social-media icon stole and then…
Facebook may add a biometric security layer to Messenger app
Rumors that Facebook will implement its own biometric facial authentication for its Messenger application are incorrect, according to a report…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Facebook’s bid to review biometric privacy case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Facebook’s appeal of the decision to certify a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
House Intelligence Committee chairman praised Facebook policy on deepfakes
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Facebook’s announcement this past week of its “new…
