EventLegalSeptember 11, 2026

Meta sued over photos used to train AI and NameTag face recognition

Proposed class action filed in federal court in Chicago alleges Meta harvested Facebook and Instagram photos without consent to train Emu and Muse Image and to build NameTag, an unreleased face-recognition feature for its smart glasses. The suit cites Illinois and California privacy laws; NameTag code was found embedded in the Meta glasses app, downloaded over 50 million times.

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Meta sued over photos used to train AI and NameTag face recognition