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Facebook will shut down its facial recognition system and delete more than a billion people's individual facial recognition templates, citing growing concerns about the use of the technology as a whole. Privacy advocates welcomed the news.

"We need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules," the company noted

Meta has announced to get rid of its face recognition system on Facebook. The social media platform will no longer be recognizing photos.

Facebook said more than a third of its daily active users had previously opted into the use of face recognition technology, that's more than 600 million accounts.

Getting rid of the facial recognition system, which it introduced 10 years ago, is the first strategic move by the social media giant after changing its parent name to Meta.

Facebook announces shut down of its Facial Recognition feature. The shut down will impact more than a billion users in different ways. Users who have opted for the setting will no longer be automatically recognized in photos and videos. Read to know more.

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It has been a while since we heard anything about Facebook’s Face Recognition system or even mentioned it. A few years ago, Facebook was testing out the facial recognition feature to unlock accounts. It was introduced to help users find untagged photos. Users were also then given the option to turn facial recognition on or […]

Facebook recently changed its name to Meta and now Meta has announced that they are shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook.

The feature was initially user enabled when it started, but in 2019, Facebook made the tagging system opt-in.