Facebook Shuts Down The Facial Recognition System For Data Protection Reasons
Facebook is disabling its facial recognition system and deleting a billion facial prints, the parent company said on Tuesday in response to serious privacy concerns.
The main social network’s announcement came as it battled one of the worst crises in its history, with a slew of internal documents leaked to U.S. journalists, lawmakers, and regulators.
“There are many concerns about the place of facial recognition technology in society and regulators are still establishing clear rules for its use,” parent company Meta said in a statement.
“Amid this constant uncertainty, we believe it is appropriate to limit the use of facial recognition to a limited number of use cases,” he added.
It was not clear when the changes would take effect, but they will be widely felt, and Facebook has found that more than a third of its daily users have chosen to use the facial recognition system.
The shutdown of this system “will result in the removal of more than a billion individual facial recognition models,” the statement said.
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