US Court approves Settlement in $650 million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit

International Mar 04, 2021 Snehal Khemka ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 3 Shares

US has recently approved a $650 million class action privacy violation lawsuit against Facebook and other similar family apps of social networking for allegedly using its facial recognition feature without the permission of its users.

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There were 1.6 Million members who had their biometric data and facial features stored in Facebook’s database without the consent of these members. Judge Donato presided over the proceedings and finalised a $5000 compensation to the 3 main plaintiffs in the case and $345 for all the remaining members.

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Following this class-action lawsuit, Facebook announced a updated policy of suggested tagging, however, its AI would be programmed to not automatically tag people in posts and also not issue their biometric data to public platforms.

Facebook Post Against Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Bombay High court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man, Directs Investigating Officer to Block Account [READ ORDER]

Judiciary Sep 28, 2021 Nargis Bano ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 7 Shares

Recently, the Bombay High Court granted bail to Abdul Rahim Abdul Gani Ghadiyali, who was arrested for making a 'disrespectful' Facebook post about Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.The Court granted him protection from arrest, noting in the APP that it would not be appropriate to deny him protection until it was determined whether it was a fake account of the applicant or not.However, the bench of Justice Sandeep K. Shinde directed the Investigating Officer to take steps to block the applicant's Facebook...

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Manipur-based activist Erendro Leichombam who was Detained over controversial Facebook post released

Crime, Police And Law Jul 21, 2021 Celin Sunil ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 2 Shares

On Monday, July 19, 2021, the Supreme Court directed the release of Erendro Leichombam, a Manipur-based activist, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for his social media posts allegedly on the efficacy of cow dung & urine as cures for COVID-19 in the context of the death of a BJP leader due to the virus.A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, ordered the release of the activist by remarking that he could not be detained in the jail even for a night. The...

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