The company cited "growing societal concerns" for its decision. Meta, the newly named parent company of Facebook, announced Tuesday that it was shutting down its use of a facial recognition system on ...

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Meta is further backing away from facial recognition. The company has announced it's shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook in the "coming weeks." You'll no longer be automatically ...

Facebook on Tuesday said it would stop using facial recognition technology to identify people in photos and videos and delete accompanying data on more than 1 billion people. The news marks the end of ...