‘Landmark’ $650 Million Facebook Biometric Suit Settlement Gets Final Approval

Mealey's (March 2, 2021, 9:44 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Six months after preliminarily approving a $650 million settlement of a class action over Facebook Inc.’s use of facial scans in the photo-tagging feature on its social media platform, a California federal judge on Feb. 26 granted final approval, lauding the “landmark result” that “will put at least $345 into the hands of every class member interested in being compensated.”...