Facebook agrees to pay $550M to settle a class action suit over Illinois biometric law violations for tagging users in photos, after SCOTUS rejected its appeal
It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.
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@johnbattelle
John Battelle
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“Facebook has said the allegations have no merit.” And yet... Facebook to Pay $550 Million to Settle Facial Recognition Suit https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@aclu
@aclu
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Strong privacy laws make a difference. We should all be able to sue privacy-violating companies — lawmakers across the country should follow Illinois' lead. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@azeem
Azeem Azhar
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Facebook to Pay $550 Million to Settle Facial Recognition Suit https://www.nytimes.com/... - a tiny tap on the wrist for Facebook.
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@carolineha_
Caroline Haskins
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Facebook paid a $550 million settlement over its tag suggestions feature after the company was sued under Illinois's biometric law For perspective, Equifax paid $380 million to settle a class action suit over its 2017 breach https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@alecstapp
Alec Stapp
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Ballpark math for this class action settlement: Assume lawyers get $150 million. Illinois has 12.7 million people. About two-thirds of Americans are on Facebook. That's 8.5 million people eligible to split $400 million. So, about $50 a person. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@sivavaid
Siva Vaidhyanathan
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“The Illinois law has real teeth. It pretty much stopped Facebook in its tracks,” said Marc Rotenberg, exec director of @EPICprivacy . “Tech firms and other companies that collect biometric data must be very nervous right now.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@peopleslawchi
@peopleslawchi
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Technological tools like this, when in the hands of CPD, will only increase surveillance, repression and wrongful convictions https://chicago.suntimes.com/ ...
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@realkylemorris
Kyle Morris
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Flaunting a stolen charm necklace, Hines snapped a couple selfies with the phone. Unbeknownst to him, the shots were quickly uploaded to the victim's iCloud account. Detectives used facial recognition software to match the shots to Hines' mugshots. https://chicago.suntimes.com/ .…
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@lucyparsonslabs
Lucy Parsons Labs
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The local fusion center in a Chicago is accessing Clearview for its facial recognition programs with access to billion of images scraped off social media. Law enforce compares it to adding “jet fuel” for their investigations. This technology should be banned. https://twitter.com/…
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@suntimes
@suntimes
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The tool allows cops to search an image of an unknown suspect to see if it matches a database of photos lifted from Facebook, Twitter and other sites — a technology privacy advocates say is so ripe for abuse it should stop being used immediately. https://chicago.suntimes.com/ ...
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@acluofil
@acluofil
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The Chicago Police Department purchased new, invasive facial recognition technology that scans billions of photos from social media. We think they should stop using it immediately. https://chicago.suntimes.com/ ...