January 31, 2020

Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it's finally done churning through the courts.

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September 06, 2019

Facebook expands use of face recognition

Facebook's replaced "tag suggestions" with "face recognition" - a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.

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December 21, 2017

Facebook fights imposter accounts with facial recognition

Its facial recognition now finds photos even if you haven't been tagged in them.

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August 24, 2016

98 things Facebook knows about you

If you're going to get ads anyway...why not targeted ones? How much pigeonholing is too much?

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April 15, 2016

Facebook’s working on auto-tagging us in videos

You can run, but you can't hide. Particularly not if you're being videotaped!

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April 11, 2016

Man who tagged himself in Facebook photos of a riot jailed for 2 years

He took the time to cover his face and put up his hood before hurling things at police, but he couldn't resist tagging himself.

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January 19, 2016

Woman given a year in jail for tagging sister-in-law in Facebook post

Sorry, lady: if the court tells you not to contact somebody by any means, it's *not* OK to tag them—and certainly not in insulting posts!

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April 07, 2015

Facebook hit with class action lawsuit over facial recognition data

A new lawsuit alleges Facebook violated users' privacy rights to build world's largest privately held database of facial recognition data.

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February 06, 2015

Facebook’s DeepFace facial recognition technology has human-like accuracy

Facebook is going to allow you to blur your face in photos... once it's identified you.

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