Facebook is one of the most used social networks today, although, in recent weeks it experienced some problems, after a drop in the service that lasted just over six hours and new accusations of former employees that have come to light, the The platform has also had great news, including a corporate name change along with the unveiling of new advances in the metaverse.
Now we know that the social network will stop using its system of facial recognition that allows to identify, since 2010, a person in photos or videos published on the social network, its parent company announced on Tuesday.
According to Forbes reports, the decision has been the consequence of the various criticisms that Facebook has received about the privacy of the platform’s users, “it will result in the cancellation of more than one billion individual facial recognition profiles,” he said. the parent company (now called Goal) in an official statement.
While it is true that the regulations “still in the process of providing a clear set of rules governing its use”, “Amid this ongoing uncertainty, we believe that limiting the use of facial recognition to a narrow set of use cases is appropriate “- noted Jerome Pesenti, Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Facebook, on a blog.
This change will make Names of the people recognized in the photos, after the removal of facial recognition, no longer appear while the other functions will continue as normal.
At the moment, the only thing that is known is that the phase-out will take place worldwide and is expected to be completed in December.
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