Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle US facial recognition lawsuit

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After raising settlement offer by US$100m.

Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle US facial recognition lawsuit
Facebook won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent. The social media company had in July raised its settlement offer by US$100 million (A$139 ...

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