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Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users’ permission.
(www.texastribune.org)
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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This is one of the best cases of “When one of the worst cunts you know of makes a really good point.”
i'd wager it's more about paxton trying to let zuckerberg know who's boss, and that he'd better toe the line if he wants to stay in business
the notion that ken paxton actually cares about commoners' privacy is, um...sus
This sounds like an excellent law so it is shocking as fuck that it came out of Texas.