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Facebook Papers: What are integrity holdouts? - Protocol https://t.co/TsGDX0aJyi
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) November 4, 2021
Here’s what happened when Facebook stopped protecting users — on purpose
Internal documents reveal the impact of withholding certain integrity protections from a subset of Facebook users.
페이스북이 안면인식 시스템을 폐쇄하고 10억 건 이상 수집한 안면인식 정보도 모두 삭제할 것이라고 발표 https://t.co/MVEkUhHEZ1
— H. Kim (@metavital) November 3, 2021
UwU Facebook said it's shutting down its faciaw wecognition system and deweting da tempwates of mowe than 1 biwwion peopwe :Dhttps://t.co/w83ouYoxjc
— Bweaking NuwuS (@BBCBweaking) November 2, 2021
NEW: Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system. It says it's going to delete the "facial recognition templates" of more than a billion people.
— Elizabeth Culliford (@eculliford) November 2, 2021
Here's the story -- https://t.co/TQ4PI2VAhk
Facebook might be deleting facial recognition scans—but not on Instagram and their other platforms. And even then, that’s only because they’ve fully built their model, DeepFace. https://t.co/cXAVlmW6Ps
— Rashad Robinson (@rashadrobinson) November 5, 2021
My jaw dropped to the floor when I got this news. Facebook is shutting down the facial recognition system that it introduced more than 10 years ago and deleting the faceprints of 1 billion people: https://t.co/kzc9PhFffB
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) November 2, 2021
"Facebook getting out of the face recognition business is a pivotal moment in the growing national discomfort with this technology... Corporate use of face surveillance is very dangerous to people’s privacy." - @Adam_D_Schwartz, @EFF https://t.co/SIRI6dLAbF
— The Tor Project (@torproject) November 2, 2021
FB is making this seem like a decision purely about ethics, when I suspect it simply wasn't that useful anymore? In 2010 people used to upload big albums of photos from a party with tons of faces; people just don't do that now https://t.co/XucizxLL8J
— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) November 2, 2021
Facebook has announced they will be deleting over a billion face recognition templates as they shut down their entire face recognition system. This is great news for Facebook users, and for the global movement pushing back on this technology. https://t.co/0ErdCBhkCT
— EFF (@EFF) November 2, 2021
Earlier this week, @nytimes reported that Facebook will shut down its facial recognition system due to 'societal concerns'.
— Ada Lovelace Institute (@AdaLovelaceInst) November 4, 2021
This is welcomed by researchers & campaigners, like @AJLUnited, who have worked tirelessly to challenge the use of FRT.https://t.co/YlaKFEiIjG
1/2
Big tech is finally getting the message: facial recognition is a dangerous technology that puts our rights at risk. https://t.co/N6ZqoM8k7Z
— ACLU of Northern CA (@ACLU_NorCal) November 3, 2021
1⃣ Facebook is deleting face templates but *not the algorithm that powers their facial recognition* (called DeepFace).
— Reclaim Your Face (@ReclaimYourFace) November 4, 2021
So they can turn it back on at any point that they choose! ?https://t.co/T5foOVFP4g
Since 2010, face recognition cost Facebook $650 million in Illinois & was part of a $5 billion settlement with the F.T.C. @EPICprivacy's @AlanInDC said the drawn-out episode is proof we need better privacy laws & a federal privacy regulator.
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) November 2, 2021
END THREAD https://t.co/kzc9PhFffB
But this is a 'gone, for now' situation. As my partner on this story, @RMac18, reported just months ago, Facebook has discussed the "pros and cons" of putting facial recognition capabilities into its smart glasses. https://t.co/kzc9PhFffB pic.twitter.com/smO0KXNQMU
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) November 2, 2021
WOW. Real results from the tireless efforts of privacy activists and advocates who have made these "societal concerns" impossible to ignore https://t.co/GQEVGbkGvU pic.twitter.com/X0nQgMQjLA
— Parker Higgins (@xor) November 2, 2021
Facebook was one of the first companies to deploy face recognition at scale. Today @meta is announcing that it is turning it off. #ResponsibleAI is often deciding when to use, or in this case, not to use, AI. https://t.co/bPiUCpIT8G
— Jerome Pesenti (@an_open_mind) November 2, 2021
Facebook Plans to Shut Down Its Facial Recognition System - The New York Times https://t.co/D40CZoIQnO
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) November 2, 2021
메타, 개인정보보호문제, 정부조사, 집단소송, 규제문제로 페이스북의 10년 된 얼굴 인식 시스템 이번 달 종료, 10억명 이상의 사용자 얼굴 스캔 데이터 삭제할 계획
이제서야? 향후
This is unexpected – and big! Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting the face scan data of more than a billion people. It will delete the data by Decemberhttps://t.co/iEa4Ea3VdE
— Matt Burgess (@mattburgess1) November 2, 2021
Facebook announced today that it’s shutting down its facial recognition program, deleting more than 1 billion users’ facial data. https://t.co/5ahyizNjWF
— Scott Nover (@ScottNover) November 2, 2021
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition program https://t.co/mKPD1NAdjK
— Quartz (@qz) November 3, 2021
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting all the data collected (that's a *lot* of faces) https://t.co/8ahetlbTWC
— Ryan Browne (@Ryan_Browne_) November 2, 2021
Breaking News: Facebook plans to delete face scan data from over 1 billion users, shutting down a facial recognition system that became a privacy headache. https://t.co/AHong4rDc1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 2, 2021
I'm very proud of the work--both internally, and from the many privacy advocates working on these issues--that has led to today's announcement that Facebook will be shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting over a billion face prints. https://t.co/ZifHIZd1U6
— Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) November 2, 2021
Fantastic news for privacy advocates ?? https://t.co/L5NTvzjrKI
— Nick Watts (@NickWatts1988) November 2, 2021
This is good, and makes me optimistic about other fights. https://t.co/WjW2RT9vsx
— alex hern (@alexhern) November 2, 2021
“societal concerns” = our office of genera counsel just got an unfriendly FBI interview ? https://t.co/vLDF3aZtyO
— Jon STAGE 4 NON-PUSHKINS DEFENESTROMA Badalamenti (@jbadomics) November 2, 2021
I dunno. How ‘bout we just make it illegal to store, manipulate, monetize people’s data and call it a day. https://t.co/x2WzOEjTVt
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) November 2, 2021
The FacePurge should continue! Years of ongoing pressure internally and externally has been instrumental in pushing for the deletion of faceprints collected clandestinely. @AJLUnited @fightfortheftr @Data4BlackLives @ACLU_Mass @EFF @epic @ColorOfChange @mediajustice 1/n https://t.co/FSe976FQeb
— Joy Buolamwini (@jovialjoy) November 2, 2021
Facebook has announced they will be deleting over a billion face recognition templates as they shut down their entire face recognition system. This is great news for Facebook users, and for the global movement pushing back on this technology. https://t.co/0ErdCBhkCT
— EFF (@EFF) November 2, 2021
My feed is equally divided between people who think Facebook’s decision to stop using its facial recognition system and delete faceprints is a big deal and the people who think it’s a desperate grab for positive headlines that changes nothing of substance. https://t.co/g3tf6rdtmm
— Eva (@evacide) November 2, 2021
You know, I didn't think this was possible. Congratulations to all the people---the academics, the activists, the artists---who have pushed back so effectively against facial recognition. https://t.co/oIYR7Vwv0Y
— Ryan Calo (@rcalo) November 2, 2021
Maybe it shouldn't be surprising, but it is, that a powerful tech company weighed the pros and cons of technology and decided that the the drawbacks weren't worth the benefits.
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) November 2, 2021
More of this please. https://t.co/KXoYJy7Mix
Facebook will no longer include the names of people recognized in photos after the removal of face recognition, but will otherwise function normally.#Facebook #Meta #facialrecognitionhttps://t.co/NyLevij0yV
— The Peninsula Qatar (@PeninsulaQatar) November 2, 2021
This is a good PR hit. In reality it doesn't change anything. All the benefits/knowledge from this visual data set has been mined, perfected & implemented. Deleting the data set doesn't mean much. The algorithms have been perfected. https://t.co/UpRAtJN6HS
— OM (@om) November 2, 2021
[jingling keys] look were the good guys now https://t.co/UbReU7VWOi
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) November 2, 2021
Please note that Joy is one of OG’s who was taken out of all the “mainstream media coverage about the necessity of this
— ?Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon ?? (@Blackamazon) November 2, 2021
Respect on the name https://t.co/xaFZSDNRHg
Facebook is ending its decade-long facial recognition feature (for now) and deleting the face scan data of one billion users.
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) November 2, 2021
Story w/ @kashhill https://t.co/eucpmYK68h
Why now? Meta's VP of AI, @an_open_mind, says it is because of the "many concerns about the place of facial recognition technology in society." Facebook/Meta's post about the decision: https://t.co/dFksAnMntg
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) November 2, 2021
It really says something about a company when they make a statement that they’re doing something undeniably good for the world and no one believes them in the least. https://t.co/x0g21SFKc2
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 2, 2021
"One of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history... its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates" https://t.co/KPw7qMZvpT
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) November 2, 2021
Again I'm treating this with extreme suspicion. Facebook needs good press right now and I'm unconvinced that they even need this data anymore if they've already used it to develop tools that they still posses now. https://t.co/nhtJP5mdQU
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) November 2, 2021
Thx. This reminds me, Kash. Did Facebook ever sue or take legal action against Clearview for allegedly scraping its data for facial recognition? You know, the company Mark’s board member, Peter Thiel, invested in? https://t.co/PgEWx9JPO2
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) November 2, 2021
Today we announced changes to Face Recognition at Facebook. Really excited to have worked on this for the past several months. https://t.co/uad8lmiMf7
— Jason Grosse (@jason_grosse) November 2, 2021
Facebook Will SHUT DOWN Facial Recognition System in Photos
— Marsha Collier (@MarshaCollier) November 2, 2021
The change will now delete the "facial recognition templates" of more than 1 billion people.#privacy via @Reut…https://t.co/mEP87JjR5p pic.twitter.com/UDnREaDiUf
The company that wants us to wear cameras on our faces is deleting some of its facial recognition data because it’s being responsible.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) November 2, 2021
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The article itself says "it will not eliminate the software that powers the system, which is an advanced algorithm called DeepFace. The company has also not ruled out incorporating facial recognition technology into future products."
— OM (@om) November 2, 2021
This is very good news but it does not reduce the need for a national privacy law that addresses facial recognition. https://t.co/0u9HskmXiz
— Jeff Kosseff (@jkosseff) November 2, 2021
This seems good, which is why I am highly skeptical. Perhaps this is to get us to lower our guard before the Hunter Killer robots are released https://t.co/ZAnUehj7rQ
— jon rosenberg? (@jonrosenberg) November 2, 2021
Saving this tweet for 2026 when the AP tells us it turns out Facebook didn’t delete shit https://t.co/ucZHskiEuH
— JT Terán (@jt_teran) November 2, 2021
This is clearly positive, yet let’s not applaud too loudly.@Meta used this tech to get a result, and now that the result is complete they want credit for moving on. https://t.co/2DV71XoX8q
— Brian Brackeen (@BrianBrackeen) November 2, 2021
And how the hell does the whole "metaverse" vision that Zuck painted last week reconcile with this notion of moving away from face surveillance. For Facebook, that is the business model. But sure, get excited, write articles rejoicing the move. It makes for a great headline.
— OM (@om) November 2, 2021
Facebook Shuts Down Massive Photo Tagging Facial Recognition Program https://t.co/lQTXr0vjpA via @motherboard
— Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs) November 2, 2021
Facebook is shutting down the photo tagging facial recognition program that was key to its product for years, and is deleting more than a billion “face prints” of users. https://t.co/fc7aYoyzgT
— Motherboard (@motherboard) November 2, 2021
remember when we used to tag photos of people on facebook? well, https://t.co/8U5Ea9xxZz
— Motherboard (@motherboard) November 2, 2021
I would love to have heard the full (unedited) cost/benefit discussion that went into this decision by FB. https://t.co/1CNeD2KJYz
— Jeffrey Vagle (@jvagle) November 2, 2021
Lest we forget that photo-tagging (aka facial recognition) was considered by early FB employees to be one of the greatest psychological luring tactics that the company ever developed. And until recently it wasn’t opt-in.
— Elizabeth Dwoskin (@lizzadwoskin) November 2, 2021
me & @drewharwell on this https://t.co/fe1NRnFNva
Facebook is putting a halt to its face recognition, a wildly controversial technology https://t.co/ep8t0mKosa from @lizzadwoskin @drewharwell
— Rachel Lerman (@rachelerman) November 2, 2021
Facebook is ending its use of facial recognition https://t.co/x37TgmPFKj
— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) November 2, 2021
The Facebook (Meta) statement is here in full: “We’re shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook.” https://t.co/9bIOHpWZBd
— EFF (@EFF) November 2, 2021
Facebook will shutdown their face recognition system, remove billion+ of photos. Caveat: they will NOT remove the system (DeepFace) created based on the data (that are apparenty no longer needed?). #GDPR #ePrivacy #AIact https://t.co/AGkWXhaPi7 pic.twitter.com/hTWHXYUrp9
— Lukasz Olejnik (@lukOlejnik) November 2, 2021
I'm very proud of the work--both internally, and from the many privacy advocates working on these issues--that has led to today's announcement that Facebook will be shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting over a billion face prints. https://t.co/ZifHIZd1U6
— Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) November 2, 2021
This is a big deal. https://t.co/7SsClSOz2K
— Mike Schroepfer (@schrep) November 2, 2021
Kreide gefressen?
— Anne Roth (@annalist) November 2, 2021
„We’re shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook. People who’ve opted in will no longer be automatically recognized in photos and videos and we will delete more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates.“https://t.co/1Xgm0ER9Y6
Facebook’s retreat from facial recognition is momentous (albeit questions remain). The co cited ‘growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules.’ Australia needs effective law to protect the community from harmful FRT https://t.co/MmO7gsttAw
— Edward Santow (@esantow) November 2, 2021
Facebook says it’s dropping facial recognition—will “delete more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates”https://t.co/ojYRx5Kxkj
— Andrea Peterson (@kansasalps) November 2, 2021
Update from Facebook: "We’re shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook. People who’ve opted in will no longer be automatically recognized in photos & videos & we will delete more than a billion people’s individual facialrecognition templates." https://t.co/aNrrJVGGdj
— Jed Bracy (@JedBracy) November 2, 2021
HUGE news: Facebook is shutting down its controversial face recognition system.
— Tonya Riley (@TonyaJoRiley) November 2, 2021
"We need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules."https://t.co/MAVBAh9u7A
.@CenDemTech welcomes news of Facebook shutting down their #facialrecognition system & deleting over 1 billion FR templates. While FB must still address other harms, this is an acknowledgement of the #privacy threats & lack of rules governing this tech. https://t.co/awn4vtxcm1 https://t.co/A8yMCRBfTZ
— Center for Democracy & Technology (@CenDemTech) November 2, 2021
I also think this is a really important quote from the FB/Meta release on the issue:
— Eliza Sorensen (@Zemmiph0bia) November 2, 2021
"We need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules." https://t.co/DMZwkPvcn0
There’s something fishy about Facebook’s pivot on facial recognition (story by @mrgreene1977) https://t.co/HuCSLyreFL
— TNW (@thenextweb) November 2, 2021