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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
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Meta To Pay $1.4 Billion To Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent.
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Facebook Paying More Than A Million Illinois Users Over Rs 30,000 Each In Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
Facebook faced global criticism for the facial recognition technology. In the settlement reached last year, the company announced discontinuing it.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Governments Must Check As Facebook Drops Face Recognition: Whistleblower
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Facebook Will Shut Down Facial Recognition System Amid Privacy Concerns
Facebook announced it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of such technology.
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Facebook To Shut Down Facial Recognition System
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing societal concerns
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Facebook Face Recognition To End, Data Of Billion People To Be Deleted
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system, its parent company said Tuesday, a change that will impact over a billion users and which comes after serious concerns over privacy.
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Facebook Says It Disabled Recommendation Feature That Mistakenly Labelled Black Men ‘Primates’ in Videos
Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for "primates" in video at the social network.
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Facebook Spying on Instagram Users Through Cameras, Lawsuit Alleges
Facebook is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorised use of their mobile phone cameras.
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Facebook Acquires Crowdsourced Mapping Company Mapillary
Facebook on Thursday acquired Swedish mapping technology company Mapillary, which collects images from tens of thousands of contributors to build immersive and up-to-date maps, the companies said.
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Facebook, YouTube Demand AI Firm Must Stop Scraping Faces From Sites
Facebook joined YouTube, Twitter and payment service Venmo on Wednesday in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people in them, which the startup does as part of its work with police.
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Facebook's Facial Recognition Lawsuit Settlement Puts Spotlight on 'Biometric Privacy'
Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for "biometric privacy."
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Facebook Reaches $550 Million Settlement in Facial Recognition Lawsuit
Facebook said on Wednesday it reached a $550 million settlement in principle related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent.
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Facebook Built a Facial Recognition App That Let Employees Identify People: Report
Facebook experimented with a face recognition app among its employees that allowed them to identify their colleagues and friends by pointing smartphone cameras at them.
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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
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Meta To Pay $1.4 Billion To Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent.
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Facebook Paying More Than A Million Illinois Users Over Rs 30,000 Each In Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
Facebook faced global criticism for the facial recognition technology. In the settlement reached last year, the company announced discontinuing it.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Governments Must Check As Facebook Drops Face Recognition: Whistleblower
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Facebook Will Shut Down Facial Recognition System Amid Privacy Concerns
Facebook announced it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of such technology.
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Facebook To Shut Down Facial Recognition System
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing societal concerns
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Facebook Face Recognition To End, Data Of Billion People To Be Deleted
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system, its parent company said Tuesday, a change that will impact over a billion users and which comes after serious concerns over privacy.
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Facebook Says It Disabled Recommendation Feature That Mistakenly Labelled Black Men ‘Primates’ in Videos
Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for "primates" in video at the social network.
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Facebook Spying on Instagram Users Through Cameras, Lawsuit Alleges
Facebook is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorised use of their mobile phone cameras.
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Facebook Acquires Crowdsourced Mapping Company Mapillary
Facebook on Thursday acquired Swedish mapping technology company Mapillary, which collects images from tens of thousands of contributors to build immersive and up-to-date maps, the companies said.
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Facebook, YouTube Demand AI Firm Must Stop Scraping Faces From Sites
Facebook joined YouTube, Twitter and payment service Venmo on Wednesday in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people in them, which the startup does as part of its work with police.
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Facebook's Facial Recognition Lawsuit Settlement Puts Spotlight on 'Biometric Privacy'
Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for "biometric privacy."
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Facebook Reaches $550 Million Settlement in Facial Recognition Lawsuit
Facebook said on Wednesday it reached a $550 million settlement in principle related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent.
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Facebook Built a Facial Recognition App That Let Employees Identify People: Report
Facebook experimented with a face recognition app among its employees that allowed them to identify their colleagues and friends by pointing smartphone cameras at them.
