Facebook Addresses Connecticut's Photo-Tag Concerns

Responding to Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen's issues with privacy concerns in general and photo tagging in particular, Facebook is running online ads instructing users on how to opt out of the feature.

Responding to Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen’s issues with privacy concerns in general and photo tagging in particular, Facebook is running online ads instructing users on how to opt out of the feature.

Bloomberg reported that the social network also took steps to ease the process of reporting impostor profiles.

Facebook launched its photo-tagging feature in December. Connecticut State Representative Kim Rose told Bloomberg in February that a fake Facebook page had been created in her name, with the page owner then asking her friends for money; at the time, the news service quoted Jepsen saying:

The lack of an opt-in process for Facebook users is troubling because unknowing consumers may have their photos tagged and matched using facial-recognition software without their express consent, potentially exposing them to unwelcome attention and loss of privacy.

Bloomberg

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