Technology,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 1, 2021
$650M facial recognition settlement approved against Facebook
The final settlement included $97.5 million in attorney fees for the plaintiffs’ attorneys.
A federal judge in San Francisco signed off Friday on a $650 million deal to resolve a class action against Facebook for abusing facial recognition technology.
He also approved $97.5 million in attorney fees for the plaintiffs' attorneys.
"Overall, the settlement is a major win for consumers in the hotly contested area of digital privacy," wrote U.S. District Judge
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