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Texas is suing Meta over Facebook facial recognition

The Verge

The lawsuit, filed today in state district court , claims Meta’s Facebook photo tagging system violated the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act. It also echoes an earlier lawsuit’s claim that Instagram scans images for facial recognition, allegedly contradicting statements in its user agreement.

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Judge approves $650 million Facebook privacy settlement over facial recognition feature

The Verge

Chicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in Cook County Circuit Court back in 2015, alleging that the platform’s use of facial recognition tagging was not allowed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The case became a class action lawsuit in 2018. In 2019, Facebook made facial recognition on the platform opt-in only.

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This PlayStation lawsuit claim could gift users compensation

Dataconomy

The PlayStation lawsuit claim has emerged as a key legal battle, spotlighting the growing discontent among consumers over digital pricing practices within the gaming industry. Sony is currently facing a significant legal challenge as numerous PlayStation users have initiated a lawsuit, seeking monetary compensation.

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Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

Vox

Facebook says it will stop using facial recognition for photo-tagging. Meta is also keeping DeepFace, the sophisticated algorithm that powers its photo-tagging facial recognition feature. “We That facial recognition for photo-tagging is leaving Facebook, also known as the “ big blue app ,” is certainly significant.

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Facebook is shutting down its Face Recognition tagging program

The Verge

As part of it, the company will stop using facial recognition algorithms to tag people in photographs and videos, and it will delete the facial recognition templates that it uses for identification.

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Judge denies California’s attempt to intervene in Activision Blizzard settlement

The Verge

The denial prevents the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing from joining the EEOC’s lawsuit against Activision Blizzard in order to oppose the consent decree that accompanies the creation of an $18 million settlement fund. The EEOC and the DFEH have been at odds over their respective cases against Activision Blizzard.

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Amazon settles lawsuit with former AWS marketing VP who joined Google Cloud

GeekWire

The case was the latest in a series of lawsuits filed by Amazon and others in Washington state to enforce non-compete clauses in employment contracts. charlesfitz I think you can retire the #freebrianhall tag now. He had listed his job as Google “VP in Purgatory” while the dispute was pending.

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