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Fb will cough up $550 million to settle facial popularity case

Bear in mind the time when Fb used to mechanically tag you in pictures uploaded through your folks the usage of facial popularity? Now the corporate has agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for the usage of the era in Illinois. A record through the New York Occasions famous that the go well with alleged Fb of violating Illinois biometric …
Remember the time when Facebook used to automatically tag you in photos uploaded by your friends using facial recognition? Now the company has agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for using the technology in Illinois. A report by the New York Times noted that the suit alleged Facebook of violating Illinois biometric …

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