Facial recognition feature has been employed for more than a decade to identify faces in photos. Facebook has since collected more than 1 billion facial profiles, which it says it will delete. Users had to opt-in to the system as of 2019, and more than one-third of Facebook users did. Facebook’s move was welcomed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has advocated for a ban on government use of facial recognition technology. Cities and cities have also banned the use of such technology by law enforcement agencies.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/facebook-shuts-down-facial-recognition-feature-a-17842