Facebook announced Wednesday that it will pay $ 550 million (about 500 million euros) to settle a lawsuit with some associations in Illinois, United States, over the use of facial recognition. Facebook was charged under a state law requiring tech companies to ask users for written permission before collecting biometric data such as fingerprints or facial features, and Facebook initially rejected the allegations. Facebook has a facial recognition technology that allows you to recognize faces in photos uploaded to its social network. “We decided to agree because the best thing for our community and our shareholders was to go ahead and leave this matter behind,” a company spokesperson said in a statement.
