Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas for biometric data usage in Facebook images

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Meta has agreed to pay Texas a record $1.4 billion in settlement funds over the state's lawsuit claiming the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday.

Paxton said the settlement is the largest secured by a single state.

The lawsuit said that Meta violated a Texas law that prohibits capturing or selling a resident’s biometric information — which includes facial recognition technology or fingerprints — without their consent.