Residents of Illinois in the United States accused Facebook of illegally collecting images of users' faces for technology.
Facebook will have to pay $550 million.Interestingly, the trial began back in 2015. Then residents of Illinois filed a class action lawsuit demanding compensation for the social network’s illegal collection of biometric data. The plaintiffs alleged that Facebook's facial recognition system for automatically identifying people in uploaded photos allowed users to collect and store biometric information. And this violates a law passed in the state in 2008.
The media report that each of the victims of the illegal actions of the social network will receive at least $200 in compensation.
“This case should be a loud call forcompanies whose clients care about their right to privacy and, if sent, will fight for these rights until the Supreme Court until they receive fair compensation, ”said one of the plaintiffs' attorneys.