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Meta to pay $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over facial recognition and photo tags - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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A massive settlement between Meta and Texas has been reached over the ‘Tag Suggestions’ feature Facebook added for photos more than a decade ago.

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[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Typical megacorp cycle.

Step 1 introduce privacy invasive feature

Step 2 spend years getting all the data they need

Step 3 get a slap on the wrist for a fraction of what they made and will make from it

Step 4 profit and repeat