Facebook introduced a facial recognition system for photo tagging back in 2010, but the company will shut it down in the coming weeks, citing societal concerns around a technology that has raised alarms over abusive use by bad actors and authorities.
Over a decade ago, Facebook started using facial recognition technology to identify faces in pictures. Facebook developed the system in-house and rolled it out with a 'Tag Suggestions' feature that automatically detects faces and tell users who to
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