Facebook announced Nov. 2 it plans get rid of its Face Recognition system and will delete more than a billion users' facial recognition templates.
What is the Face Recognition system?
According to Facebook, face recognition is used to analyze the photos and videos users are in on Facebook, such as a profile picture and photos and videos that a user has been tagged in, to make a unique number for a user, called a template. (Learn more)
Why the change?
Facebook said, "This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history. 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."
Here is the full statement from Facebook.
This change also happens on the heels of Facebook rebranding its parent corporation to Meta.
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