Germany Investigating Facebook's Facial Recognition, Again
Europeans are growing increasingly suspicious of Facebook's facial-recognition efforts. Earlier this month, Norway announced that it is looking into the legality of the social network's technology. Now, Germany is doing the same. Data-protection officials in Germany worry that Facebook is compiling a photo database of users without their consent, so they are reopening their investigation.
Europeans are growing increasingly suspicious of Facebook’s facial-recognition efforts. Earlier this month, Norway announced that it is looking into the legality of the social network’s technology. Now, Germany is doing the same. Data-protection officials in Germany worry that Facebook is compiling a photo database of users without their consent, so they are reopening their investigation.
A report in The New York Times shows that German officials have been trying to work with Facebook regarding facial-recognition technology, but apparently to no avail. The
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