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The New York Times: Meta Reaches $1.4 Billion Settlement With Texas Over Privacy Violations 

July 30, 2024

“It is a recognition of the growing risks and threats posed by breaches and by unauthorized collection and use of sensitive data,” said Alan Butler, the executive director of the nonprofit privacy advocacy research group Electronic Privacy Information Center. “I don’t think in 2011 that Facebook users had any idea that this capability existed.” 

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