Facebook Rolling Out Facial Recognition With Opt Out Privacy Setting That Could Irk Governments

In December Facebook launched a facial recognition feature for North American users that suggests friends to tag in photos. Facebook is now apparently executing a wider roll out of the feature with an opt out privacy setting that raises some privacy concerns.

The feature will likely increase the number of people tagged in photos, generating more compelling content and interconnections on the site. However, it could also draw government intervention from countries sensitive to privacy issues such as Germany

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