United States of America: California: Civil lawsuit against Facebook over the platform’s use of facial recognition tagging
Progress
Current status
in force
26 Feb 2021 in force
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
Judge approves USD 650 million settlement of privacy lawsuit against Facebook
On 26 February 2021, a judge in the Northern District of California approved the USD 650 million settlement in the class action against Facebook over the platform’s use of facial recognition. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 alleging that Facebook viol…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court