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Facebook Biometric Privacy Case Settlement Do-over Gets Preliminary Approval

August 20, 2020

Social media giant Facebook has received preliminary approval from a California federal court to settle its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuit for $650 million. Under BIPA, companies are […]

Instagram Faces Class Action Lawsuit Under Illinois Biometrics Law

August 17, 2020

Facebook is facing another potentially massive BIPA lawsuit. The news comes mere weeks after the social media giant offered a $650 million settlement in a class action lawsuit for failing […]

U.S Sens Sanders, Merkley Propose Nation-Wide BIPA Legislation

August 10, 2020

A pair of U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders, are proposing a nationwide version of the now famous Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) that if implemented, would require […]

Texas AG Investigates Facebook Over Biometric Privacy Breach

July 30, 2020

Axios is reporting that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading an investigation into social media giant Facebook for possible breaches of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices — Consumer Protection […]

Facebook Returns with Increased Settlement in BIPA Case

July 23, 2020

Social media giant Facebook has brought forth an adjusted settlement claim to a U.S. District Court for a lawsuit filed against it earlier this year for violations under the Illinois […]

Facebook Messenger Users Can Secure Accounts With iPhone Biometrics

July 23, 2020

Social media giant Facebook announced that it has launched biometric authentication for its popular Messenger platform on iPhones and iPads. The new feature — called ‘App Lock’ — allows users […]

Judge Freezes Facebook’s BIPA Settlement, Suggesting Too Much Lenience

June 8, 2020

A $550 million dollar settlement negotiated by Facebook has been put on hold by U.S. District Judge James Donato until lawyers explain to him why the amount is only a […]

Facebook’s Clearview-style App Never Saw Light of Day

March 20, 2020

Facebook was testing out an Augmented Reality app that would let users identify where people at whom they pointed their phone were ‘friends’ with them on the social media platform, […]

Facebook Tells Clearview AI to Stop Taking Photos

February 6, 2020

Clearview AI is continuing to experience blowback over its controversial facial recognition scheme. Facebook has told Clearview to stop mining the social media platform for the photos in its database, […]

Facebook’s Online Speech Recognition Framework Becomes Widely Available

January 16, 2020

Facebook has announced that it will be making its wav2letter@anywhere online speech recognition framework more readily available as an open source platform. The framework was developed by Facebook AI Research […]

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