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Tech giant Facebook, which has changed its name to "Meta," recently claimed that it plans to shut down its facial recognition system this month and delete all of the face scan data of over one billion users it has collected from users for over a decade.
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometric tools used to identify people or assess their emotional or mental states and character.
A federal court in Illinois granted preliminary approval to a $92 million settlement reached in the TikTok multidistrict litigation MDL, over objections that had been raised in March concerning the basis and terms of the settlement.
Facial recognition technology is being deployed by the government at a rapid scale in airports, railways, and defence PSUs.
The opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) says it intends to continue its filibuster through to the end of the Riigikogu's spring session this week, despite its amendments to a bill which would centralize biometric data of Estonian citizens in one database being rejected. While the bill passed it second reading just before midnight Sunday, EKRE's delay tactics will likely prevent other bills from passing before the chamber goes on its summer recess.