SOCIAL MEDIA LAWSUIT

A Ken Paxton lawsuit is why some face filters on Facebook and Instagram were temporarily disabled in Texas

The features were suspended two months after the attorney general sued the social media platforms’ parent company, saying that some of its practices violated Texans’ privacy. Users can now reactivate the filters.

By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
Posted 5/12/22

Some Instagram face filters that were suspended in Texas last week have been reenabled. Meta, the parent conglomerate of Instagram and Facebook, temporarily ...

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