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Facebook executes a $650 million biometric-privacy settlement agreement

Facebook and plaintiffs executed an amended $650 million settlement over claims that its facial-recognition features collected and stored Illinois users' biometric data without proper notice or consent. The agreement also required most class members' facial-recognition setting to be turned off and their face templates deleted unless they opted back in.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM35confidence 91/100

Why it moved the index

The executed agreement imposed a large financial consequence and concrete deletion and opt-in controls on a widely deployed face-recognition system. Court approval was still pending, so the magnitude and confidence remain below those of a final judgment.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 35 · confidence 91

    New source-verified executed governance agreement distinct from later judicial approval.

    11 Aug 2026

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