News Facebook Facing $500 Billion Lawsuit over Instagram's Alleged Biometric Harvesting

Like all tech giants, Facebook has to deal with lawsuits regularly. This latest one, however, could see the social network fined up to $500 billion. The class action claims that Instagram, which Facebook owns, illegally harvests the biometric data of users.

The Whalen vs. Facebook lawsuit was filed on Monday in state court in Redwood City, California. It alleges that Instagram collects and stores biometric data of more than 100 million users, without their knowledge or...
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Facebook Facing $500 Billion Lawsuit over Instagram's Alleged Biometric Harvesting