Facebook likely to face a class action lawsuit for using its facial recognition on photos of its users without their permission
- A U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday that Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit alleging that the social network unlawfully used a facial recognition process on photos without user permission.
- The ruling adds to the privacy woes that have been mounting against Facebook for
weeks, since it was disclosed that the personal information of millions of users was harvested by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.