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Facebook to No Longer Use Facial Recognition Technology

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. will no longer use facial recognition for photos and videos shared to the company’s flagship social network amid growing privacy concerns. This means the company will delete more than 1 billion “facial recognition templates” it has collected over the years. Kurt Wagner reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia.” ——– Like this video?…

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[CC may contain inaccuracies] This is just part of an ongoing effort in order to clean up its
image along with its rebranding as well.

Yeah I think it has to be part of that process. I mean when you
think about how long Facebook has had this technology I mean

they’ve been using it since 2010. So over a decade the fact that
they would get rid of it right now you know a week after. Not

even a full week after rebranding the company to me as a sign
that you know they’re trying to turn over a new page here. They

want to be known as as Metta. They want to be known as this
company building the metaverse that comes with all kinds of

privacy issues. And I think this is an opportunity for them to
you know take one of the biggest ones. Right. Which is the use

of facial recognition software and put that aside and try to say
look at where we’re thinking about this in a responsible way.

What else are they going to need to do potentially to get that
critical buying in from regulators but also from users that have

been doubtful about the platform.
I don’t know what they can do at this point because the

reputation is really you know so negative around Facebook I
think that nobody necessarily thinks that Facebook and says oh

that’s a company that I trust with my data. And when you build
something like the metaverse right you’re offering them all

kinds of stuff. You’re offering them your name your identity
your movements. Right. You’re gonna be kind of in physical

spaces in a virtual way. And like I just think that this is a
really tough hill for Facebook to climb at this point. I think

the best thing that could happen would be for them to get other
companies on board. You know if they’re building this alongside

the Apples and Amazons and Googles of the world like perhaps
that might do something. But I think if Facebook is trying to

sell this as an experience that’s Facebook specific. I think
that’s going to be a really tough sell. Yeah I mean this facial

technology recognition technology has not been used only by
Facebook. Right. I mean other companies have done. And what

happens to the technology itself.
You’re right. This is something that’s common in a number of big

tech companies Amazon Microsoft Google they all use this. You
know obviously Apple has facial recognition technology. I unlock

my iPhone using my my face all the time. So what I think happens
here is that Facebook is kind of the first of many companies

that that might have to kind of pull back from this. We’ve seen
talk about regulation. There’s talk from lawmakers about

building rules around this type of stuff. So this might be
Facebook trying to proactively avoid some of those issues. But

the technology itself is not going away. So while Facebook will
not use it for the social network the company says hey we’re

still going to be building this technology presumably for future
use presumably for the metaverse. And so you know they’re not

abandoning the idea that altogether. They’re just simply saying
we’re not going to use it for the Facebook Social Network

anymore because of privacy issues. But we want to keep having a
discussion around how we can use it in the future.

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Democrats Suck

November 2, 2021 at 11:40 pm

Not enough. The company is beyond fixing. They are worse than dictators.

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於禹佳

November 2, 2021 at 11:43 pm

Mission complete, algorithms trained well already.
More data be captured in metaverse cameras.

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- Alex Spray
  
  November 3, 2021 at 12:41 am
  
  This guy knows.
  
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November 2, 2021 at 11:58 pm

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November 3, 2021 at 12:01 am

What a time to be alive

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Zergar

November 3, 2021 at 12:05 am

I think this is a dumb move. I believe in a future where everything is facial biometrics. You no longer need a debit/credit card when you walk into a store because YOU are the debit/credit card, and purchase just by getting your biometrics scanned. Same for amazon in the future they can make a specially designed facial bio reader, ship them out to everyone and when you want to buy something just get your facial biometrics scanned and done.

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  November 3, 2021 at 12:40 am
  
  Be careful what you wish for.
  
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  November 3, 2021 at 6:44 am
  
  bruh wth, you straight up wishing for dystopia
  
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Alex Spray

November 3, 2021 at 12:36 am

Who gives a shit if they delete their training data. Their algorithms have been perfected for years. Maybe I’ll trust them when their business model doesn’t rely on centralised servers that governments can subpoena. Oh wait, that’ll never happen.

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- Plandemic Playlist
  
  November 3, 2021 at 1:44 am
  
  Facebook isn’t the only one using this software… the health pass promo video included adding your photo to the vaxx app, which everyone knows is just a backbone for the social credit system… Chinas already using theirs with their 5G surveillance network
  
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Ano Nym

November 3, 2021 at 12:37 am

I never have used Facebook, no Whatsapp and no Instagram! I hate the company

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- Lester
  
  November 3, 2021 at 6:39 am
  
  more power to you
  
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November 3, 2021 at 1:11 am

Fun for the whole family!

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November 3, 2021 at 1:11 am

I have nothing to hide!

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November 3, 2021 at 2:18 am

damage is done, I dont think anyone could ever trust Meta

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November 3, 2021 at 3:07 am

*Facebook META really stands for Make Everything Trump Again* hahahaha…

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November 3, 2021 at 3:09 am

*hopefully Facebook META finally adds a dislike button, that’s all we ever wanted* lol…

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M Keller

November 3, 2021 at 5:13 am

What about the other companies under the meta banner such as Instagram? Are they deleting facial recognition across all platforms or only not using it with Facebook? At least the new name is honest, capturing meta data on all users and selling it does seem to be the main goal of the company.

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November 3, 2021 at 5:44 am

Good for metatrash

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I wonder if their AI stumbled on how easy it is to tell someone’s true sxl orientation with just a couple good pics.

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Billy Keed

November 3, 2021 at 6:00 am

facial recognition is a done deal. can’t go back. cctv everywhere pretty much with facial recog.

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November 3, 2021 at 8:40 am

meta is there to open the door. Other company’s will do the profit.

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Damien Mulder

November 3, 2021 at 5:38 pm

If they are deleting it then it means they got out of it what they needed and no longer need it.

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tech arina

November 4, 2021 at 5:50 am

No way nice lie

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M. A

November 4, 2021 at 7:46 am

Big corporations are slowly replacing govts. Pretty soon you would be able to access huge amount of benefits from signing up to these kind of programs and be enslaved permanently.

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