The U.S. Supreme Court will not review Facebook's case over alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, The Hill reports. Facebook has been accused of using its photo-tagging feature to identify users' faces and suggest names without consent. Facebook argued the class-action lawsuit should not continue, as the users did not prove the privacy violations constituted "real-world harm." The court ultimately disagreed with the tech company. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Facebook had to face the class-action, and the case had been on hold until the Supreme Court made its decision. Meanwhile, Nextgov reports on the biometric identification system at the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, powered by technology from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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