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Facebook Makes Facial Recognition Opt-In Instead of Automatically Scanning Users’ Faces

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The FTC called Facebook’s previous facial recognition system “deceptive.”

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Starting today, Facebook users will have more control over the ways the social network uses facial recognition software to analyze their photos.

The company announced the change in a press

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