Facebook Is Ramping Up the Use of Facial Recognition as a Safety Tool
Visually impaired users will also benefit from the social network’s update
Facebook has been using facial-recognition technology since 2010
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Facebook is ramping up its use of facial-recognition technology on three fronts: alerting people when they appear in other users’ photos, even if they were not tagged; warning people if someone else is using their photo as a profile picture; and new tools to extend the first update to visually impaired users.
