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Facebook AXES controversial facial-recognition system that automatically tags users and will DELETE faceprints of more than 1bn users as it tries to clean up its act
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it will shut down its controversial face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people, citing the concerns the technology has on society.
As a result of the change, it will no longer automatically recognize people's faces in photos or videos, a move that will have enormous implications.
Users will also no longer be able to face recognition to suggest a tag for a person in a photo or video. People will still have the option to tag posts manually.
The shock announcement is the company's second move - after last month's name change - to rehabilitate itself after a series of privacy scandals.
More than one-third of Facebook's 1.93 billion daily active users - equating to approximately 640 million - have opted into the Face Recognition setting and the ending of the system will impact them.
The company cited the concerns that facial recognition has on society in making the move.
'This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology´s history,' said a blog post from Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence for Facebook's new parent company, Meta.
'More than a third of Facebook's daily active users have opted in to our Face Recognition setting and are able to be recognized, and its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people´s individual facial recognition templates.'
It's unclear exactly how much money Facebook has spent on facial recognition technology, but the company purchased Face.com for less than $100 million in 2012, according to TechCrunch.
In 2016, it acquired a company known as FacioMetrics that specialized in machine learning algorithms to let phones analyzes faces for an undisclosed amount.
Earlier this year, the company settled a lawsuit over the use of its facial recognition technology for $650 million after users alleged it created and store facial scans without their permission.
Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data | Daily Mail Online
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Facebook AXES controversial facial-recognition system that automatically tags users and will DELETE faceprints of more than 1bn users as it tries to clean up its act
- Facebook will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people
- Approximately 640 million daily active users opted into the setting
- As a result of the change, it will no longer automatically recognize people's faces in photos or videos
- Users will also no longer be able to suggest a tag for a person and the system it uses for the blind and visually impaired will also be impacted
- Earlier this year, the company settled a lawsuit over the use of its facial recognition technology for $650 million
- The company purchased Face.com for less than $100 million in 2012
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it will shut down its controversial face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people, citing the concerns the technology has on society.
As a result of the change, it will no longer automatically recognize people's faces in photos or videos, a move that will have enormous implications.
Users will also no longer be able to face recognition to suggest a tag for a person in a photo or video. People will still have the option to tag posts manually.
The shock announcement is the company's second move - after last month's name change - to rehabilitate itself after a series of privacy scandals.
More than one-third of Facebook's 1.93 billion daily active users - equating to approximately 640 million - have opted into the Face Recognition setting and the ending of the system will impact them.
The company cited the concerns that facial recognition has on society in making the move.
'This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology´s history,' said a blog post from Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence for Facebook's new parent company, Meta.
'More than a third of Facebook's daily active users have opted in to our Face Recognition setting and are able to be recognized, and its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people´s individual facial recognition templates.'
It's unclear exactly how much money Facebook has spent on facial recognition technology, but the company purchased Face.com for less than $100 million in 2012, according to TechCrunch.
In 2016, it acquired a company known as FacioMetrics that specialized in machine learning algorithms to let phones analyzes faces for an undisclosed amount.
Earlier this year, the company settled a lawsuit over the use of its facial recognition technology for $650 million after users alleged it created and store facial scans without their permission.
Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data | Daily Mail Online
