Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Texas suit targeting Meta of ‘secretly harvesting’ facial recognition without customer consent
NY Post
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a Texas lawsuit accusing the Facebook and Instagram parent of using facial recognition technology without customer consent.
A Texas state appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision requiring Zuckerberg to give testimony in the case.
The lawsuit, originally filed in 2022, accused Meta of “secretly harvesting” biometric data from its users in violation of state law.
The decision was a blow to Meta, which had sought to avoid having its boss deposed. Meanwhile, Texas argued Zuckerberg should be compelled to sit because he has “unique personal knowledge of discoverable information relevant to its claims,” the filing said.
Meta did not immediately return a request for comment on the court ruling.
Bloomberg was first to report on the decision.
