"Instagram Settles $68.5 Million Biometric Privacy Lawsuit with Illinois Users"

Instagram's parent company, Meta, has agreed to pay $68.5 million to Illinois users in a class action lawsuit that accused the platform of violating the state's biometric privacy law. The lawsuit alleged that Instagram's facial recognition technology captured users' biometrics without informed consent. The settlement, which is still pending final approval, will be divided among eligible users based on the length of their Instagram usage during a specified time frame. This is the latest in a series of settlements related to biometric privacy violations, with Facebook, Google, and Snapchat also having to pay multimillion-dollar sums in similar lawsuits.