Meta agrees to 1.4 billion dollar settlement in lawsuit over facial recognition

Meta’s logo is seen on a sign at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California (Godofredo Vasquez/AP)

Meta has agreed to a 1.4 billion dollar settlement with the US state of Texas in a privacy lawsuit over claims that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials have said.

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said on Tuesday that the settlement is the largest secured by a single state.