… Following legal backlash, Meta agreed to pay $650 million to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, which requires companies to obtain explicit consent before capturing biometric data such as facial scans. …
… "Meta fined $414m in latest European privacy crackdown" . BostonGlobe.com . Associated Press . Archived from the original on January 28, 2023 . Retrieved February 12, 2023 . ^ "Meta slapped with record $1.3 billion EU fine over data privacy" . …
… The new privacy policy would not apply within the EU, as it is illegal under the GDPR . …
… 519 517 The policy change and its backlash caused competing photo services to use the opportunity to "try to lure users away" by promoting their privacy-friendly services, 520 and some services experienced substantial gains in momentum and user growth following the news. …