The social network Facebook will stop using the facial recognition system. Meta, which owns the social network, will remove templates from more than one billion people, as regulators have not yet regulated the use of this technology.
“We are shutting down the Facebook face recognition system. People who agreed (to use it. – “B”) will no longer be automatically detected in photos and videos, ”Meta noted.
According to Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence at Facebook, regulators have not yet created a specific set of requirements for the use of facial recognition, so it is necessary to restrict it for now. The company is expected to remove face templates by December 2021.
Earlier, former Facebook employee Frances Haugen said at a hearing in the US Congress that Facebook is not fighting enough disinformation, hate speech and inappropriate advertising for minors, giving preference to profit. While working at Facebook, she secretly copied the company’s internal research. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies these allegations.
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