{"id":955168,"date":"2021-11-02T19:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955168"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:14:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:14:30","slug":"facebook-shutting-down-facial-recognition-system-citing-societal-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-shutting-down-facial-recognition-system-citing-societal-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Shutting Down Facial Recognition System, Citing \u2018Societal Concerns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebook-shutting-down-facial-recognition-system-citing-societal-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a move that will impact over a billion people, Facebook announced that it would be shutting down its facial recognition system, citing \u201csocietal concerns\u201d made worse by the fact that \u201cregulators have yet to provide clear rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook,\u201d the company announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2021\/11\/update-on-use-of-face-recognition\/\">blog post<\/a>. \u201cPeople who\u2019ve opted in will no longer be automatically recognized in photos and videos and we will delete more than a billion people\u2019s individual facial recognition templates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology\u2019s history. More than a third of Facebook\u2019s daily active users have opted in to our Face Recognition setting and are able to be recognized, and its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people\u2019s individual facial recognition templates,\u201d Facebook announced.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging that facial recognition technology can be a \u201cpowerful tool,\u201d Facebook stated that \u201cthe many specific instances where facial recognition can be helpful need to be weighed against growing concerns about the use of this technology as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many concerns about the place of facial recognition technology in society, and regulators are still in the process of providing a clear set of rules governing its use. Amid this ongoing uncertainty, we believe that limiting the use of facial recognition to a narrow set of use cases is appropriate,\u201d the blog post read. \u201cThis includes services that help people gain access to a locked account, verify their identity in financial products or unlock a personal device. These are places where facial recognition is both broadly valuable to people and socially acceptable, when deployed with care. While we will continue working on use cases like these, we will ensure people have transparency and control over whether they are automatically recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery new technology brings with it potential for both benefit and concern, and we want to find the right balance,\u201d Facebook concluded in the announcement. \u201cIn the case of facial recognition, its long-term role in society needs to be debated in the open, and among those who will be most impacted by it. We will continue engaging in that conversation and working with the civil society groups and regulators who are leading this discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook also noted that this change would \u201calso impact Automatic Alt Text (AAT), which creates image descriptions for blind and visually-impaired people,\u201d adding that \u201cAAT descriptions will no longer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move that will impact over a billion people, Facebook announced that it would be shutting down its facial recognition system, citing \u201csocietal concerns\u201d made worse by the fact that \u201cregulators have yet to provide clear rules.\u201d\u201cWe\u2019re shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook,\u201d the company announced in a blog post. \u201cPeople who\u2019ve opted in will no longer be automatically recognized in photos and videos and we will delete more than a billion people\u2019s individual facial recognition templates.\u201d\u201cThis change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology\u2019s history. More than a third of Facebook\u2019s daily active users have opted in to our Face Recognition setting and are able to be recognized, and its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people\u2019s individual facial recognition templates,\u201d Facebook announced.While acknowledging that facial recognition technology can be a \u201cpowerful tool,\u201d Facebook stated that \u201cthe many specific instances where facial recognition can be helpful need to be weighed against growing concerns about the use of this technology as a whole.\u201d\u201cThere are many concerns about the place of facial recognition technology in society, and regulators are still in the process of providing a clear set of rules governing its use. Amid this ongoing uncertainty, we believe that limiting the use of facial recognition to a narrow set of use cases is appropriate,\u201d the blog post read. \u201cThis includes services that help people gain access to a locked account, verify their identity in financial products or unlock a personal device. These are places where facial recognition is both broadly valuable to people and socially acceptable, when deployed with care. While we will continue working on use cases like these, we will ensure people have transparency and control over whether they are automatically recognized.\u201d\u201cEvery new technology brings with it potential for both benefit and concern, and we want to find the right balance,\u201d Facebook concluded in the announcement. \u201cIn the case of facial recognition, its long-term role in society needs to be debated in the open, and among those who will be most impacted by it. We will continue engaging in that conversation and working with the civil society groups and regulators who are leading this discussion.\u201dFacebook also noted that this change would \u201calso impact Automatic Alt Text (AAT), which creates image descriptions for blind and visually-impaired people,\u201d adding that \u201cAAT descriptions will no longer include the names of people recognized in photos but will function normally otherwise.\u201dFacial recognition technology is comparatively under-regulated, with cities and states often moving to ban the use of such systems by government entities or police departments. For example, San Francisco became the first city to ban government use of facial recognition technology in 2019.\u00a0The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) applauded the move as \u201ca good start toward ending dangerous uses of facial recognition technology.\u201d\u201cNow it\u2019s time for enforceable rules that prohibit companies from scanning our faces without our consent. Looking at you, Congress,\u201d ACLU tweeted.\u00a0This is a good start toward ending dangerous uses of facial recognition technology. Now it\u2019s time for enforceable rules that prohibit companies from scanning our faces without our consent.Looking at you, Congress. https:\/\/t.co\/SnSu8wUW7V\u2014 ACLU (@ACLU) November 2, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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