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☆ Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement in Texas biometric data lawsuit over Facebook images
  + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit by the state of Texas over the Facebook owner's unauthorized use of biometric data by users, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday. The suit, filed by Paxton in February 2022, accused Meta of capturing and using the biometric data of millions of Texas residents — which was contained in uploaded photos and videos on Facebook — without legally required permissions. Meta will pay out the $1.4 billion to Texas over five years, the office said. "Any abuse of Texans' sensitive data will be met with the full force of the law," Paxton said. Paxton's office is continuing to press a lawsuit against Alphabet , which accuses the Google owner of illegally collecting biometric data from millions of Texans.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Ken Paxton, Paxton, McKool Smith, Keller Postman Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Facebook, Texans, Meta, CNBC Locations: Washington , U.S, Texas, Meta, Harrison County
☆ Texas AG sues Pfizer over quality-control lapses in kids' ADHD drug
  + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Brendan Pierson | Thomson Reuters | Brendan Pierson Reports On Product Liability Litigation | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The lawsuit also alleged that Pfizer, despite knowing of the quality-control issues, persuaded Texas' Medicaid program to add Quillivant to its list of preferred drugs. The lawsuit accuses the companies of defrauding the state's Medicaid program, and seeks unspecified money damages from the companies. Pfizer and Tris, which manufactured the drug for Pfizer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2017 warned Tris of manufacturing lapses. Reporting by Brendan Pierson in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ken Paxton, Pfizer, Tris, Paxton, Quillivant, Tarik Ahmed, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Pfizer, REUTERS, Texas, Tris, Republican, Nextwave Pharmaceuticals, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Southern, of, Thomson Locations: Harrison County , Texas, Texas, U.S, Manhattan, of New York, New York
☆ A trans teen in Mississippi missed her graduation after school officials demanded she dress like a boy for the ceremony
  + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A Mississippi high school tried to force a trans girl to wear boy's clothes for graduation. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Harrison County School District on the student's behalf. The trans girl skipped her graduation after a district official told her parents she had to dress "like a boy." Graduating boys in the school district are expected to wear white shirts and black pants. Harrison Central High School and the Harrison County School District did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Sunday.
☆ Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge's ruling
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Timothy Gardner | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
May 20 (Reuters) - A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could bar her unless she dressed in clothes required for boys, a lawyer for the girl said. The school district's dress code requires boys to wear a white button-down shirt, black dress plants, black shoes and a tie or bowtie. Mississippi lawmakers have introduced more than 30 bills this year seeking to limit rights of LGBTQ citizens. In 2021, Mississippi became the first U.S. state to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girl's sports, when Republican Governor Tate Reeves signed legislation. Efforts to reach the school district and Clark on Saturday were unsuccessful.
☆ Mississippi teen dies days after being shot by police
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
A Black teenager in Mississippi has died days after local police shot him in the head outside a discount store, and his relatives are questioning officers’ actions. Police shot Jaheim McMillan, 15, Thursday in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store in Gulfport, the state's second-largest city after Jackson, which lies about 160 miles to the north. Gulfport Police Chief Adam Cooper said an officer engaged an armed suspect, since identified as McMillan, resulting in shots being fired. The officer "has been placed on non-enforcement duties in accordance with procedures," according to the news release from police. McMillan’s family doesn’t believe he was armed, and their supporters are calling for the release of camera footage of the shooting.
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