Under pressure, Facebook disables facial recognition in Europe

JMH · Sep 23, 2012

Facebook is dropping its controversial facial recognition feature, for European users at least, following a privacy backlash from users and regulators.

But it may not be long before it returns..

The social networking giant has agreed to suspend facial recognition in Europe, following demands by the European Union on the social network to improve its customer privacy protection.

Facebook removed access to its "Tag Suggest" feature at the request of Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC).

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Under pressure, Facebook disables facial recognition in Europe

JMH

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