Facebook bends to Europe’s will, disables facial recognition (for now)

Posted by author on Sep - 21 - 2012

Facebook has agreed to disable its facial recognition service for European users, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner announced today. Facebook has come under fire in the EU for using facial recognition software to identify the people in users’ photos and suggest friends to tag in those photos. Germany recently called the practice illegal and

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