July 30 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META ) has agreed

to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit

accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using

facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of

millions of Texans without their consent.

The terms of the settlement, disclosed on Tuesday, marks the

largest accord ever by any single state, according to the

lawyers for Texas, whose legal team included the plaintiffs firm

Keller Postman.

The lawsuit, filed in 2022, was the first major case to be

brought under Texas' 2009 biometric privacy law, according to

law firms tracking the litigation. A provision of the law

provides damages of up to $25,000 per violation.