… Meta paid out billions of dollars to settle biometric privacy lawsuits in Illinois and Texas and another $5 billion to the FTC for a separate privacy case partially tied to facial recognition software. Update, April 13 2026, 4:45PM ET: This story was updated after publish with comment from Meta.
… Apple agreed with Google in its feedback, sent in response to the commission's call for comments on the draft rules it had released. According to Reuters , Apple echoed Google's statement that allowing competing AI services complete access to Android would undermine European users' privacy. …
… The European Commission is expected to reveal a sovereignty package designed with that in mind on June 3. …
… The company introduced facial recognition to Instagram and Facebook again in 2024, this time framed as a safety tool for detecting faces used in scam ads. …