Some of the face filters of Instagram had been suspended in the region of Texas have been now re-enabled. Meta, parent company Instagram and Facebook, has now temporarily disabled the filters of the augmented reality including the 3D overlays that has been changing an appearance of the user and also adding the accessories like the hats and facial hair and also the cartoonish dog ears and snouts and the company’s platforms across the state of Texas past week.
Meta also said that, at the time is going to be providing a way for the people of Texas for reactivating the blocked features and the other filters of Instagram that can also change only lighting the hues for the photos remained available for use.
This move has come two months after Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas has sued the company based in California and said that, some of the practices and features of the company has now violated the privacy of the people of Texas and the lawsuit has been a part of the ongoing conflicts between the officials of Texas and also the social media companies.
On Wednesday, 18th May 2022, the filters had been back online, but only after Meta has now added an option that is asking the users for agreeing the use of the features. According to the law suit of Paxton, around 20.5 million people of Texas has used Facebook and the lawsuit of Paxton said that, Meta has now violated a Texas Law that is prohibiting the way in which certain biometrics are collected.
