Facebook agrees to pay $550M to settle a class action over Illinois biometric law violations while tagging users in photos, after SCOTUS rejects its appeal (New York Times)

New York Times:
Facebook agrees to pay $550M to settle a class action over Illinois biometric law violations while tagging users in photos, after SCOTUS rejects its appeal  —  It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.