A massive settlement between Meta and Texas has been reached over the ‘Tag Suggestions’ feature Facebook added for photos more than a decade ago.

  • archchan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Typical megacorp cycle.

    Step 1 introduce privacy invasive feature

    Step 2 spend years getting all the data they need

    Step 3 get a slap on the wrist for a fraction of what they made and will make from it

    Step 4 profit and repeat

  • Meltrax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And all that money will be put back into infrastructure and health care and education for the people of Texas, right?

    …right??