Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Suit
I find it weird how people compare a fine for some specific conduct to the revenue or profit of an entire company. In this case, the illegal use of facial recognition probably slightly increased engagement for photo sharing features. That’s worth something but it obviously only accounts for a very small portion of the company’s revenues.<p>If the story was “judge declares entirety of Facebook enterprise illegal, punishment is $550M fine” I would get the outrage.