The company is shifting its focus to virtual reality, a face-worn technology that, by necessity, collects an enormous amount of data about its users. For the moment, though, the company is leaving its options open. A Meta spokesperson declined to answer questions from BuzzFeed News about how that algorithm remains in use today. By necessity, virtual reality hardware collects fundamentally different data about its users than social media platforms do.
Facebook has filed patents concerning many of these data collection types, including one that would use things like your face, voice, or even your DNA to lock and unlock devices. The company's facial recognition software has long been the subject of scrutiny. The U. Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Several media outlets also backed the claim that Facebook miserably failed at content and hate speech moderation outside of the US, with the company even helping those in power in some countries. He said,. That being said, many are now confused if Facebook will be shutdown in the near future.
Facebook said they were going to delete the facial recognition data of more than 1 billion people. Unsurprisingly, the system was the largest of its kind in the world and was used to automatically tag people in photos and videos on Facebook. Companies such as IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft have already stopped selling facial recognition technology.
With Facebook renaming itself to Meta and introducing a new way for creators to make money on Facebook Groups, we doubt the social media platform will shutdown in the coming years. Facebook found itself on the other end of the debate last year when it demanded that facial recognition startup ClearviewAI, which works with police, stop harvesting Facebook and Instagram user images to identify the people in them.
At least seven US states and nearly two dozen cities have limited government use of the technology amid fears over civil rights violations, racial bias and invasion of privacy. European regulators and lawmakers have also taken steps toward blocking law enforcement from scanning facial features in public spaces. In Streetwise Hebrew for the Times of Israel Community, each month we learn several colloquial Hebrew phrases around a common theme.
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