There has been a spate of lawsuits against tech giants lately, and the focus of most of them is FacebookThe California-based company is facing attacks from both the government and affected users, and it doesn't seem like they're abating. Quite the opposite, in fact. This time, the company has been embroiled in a lawsuit over facial recognition, which is allegedly illegal in the US state of Illinois.
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With its algorithm, which can recognize a face in a photo and then recommend that you tag the person in the picture, Facebook This technology has been around for a while, and a few years ago, in 2015, a group of users from Illinois decided to put a stop to it. The users filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that facial recognition violates the Biometrics and Privacy Act. Since then, however, there has been silence on the matter, and it almost seems like the case has been forgotten and Facebook can continue to use this technology happily. But last year the court ruledonec allowed the lawsuit and launched an investigation that could come as an unpleasant surprise to the media giant.
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Facebook Although he argued that he always warns users about the facial recognition feature, which could significantly affect the case in the end, the company still faces a fine of several thousand dollars for each proposed user tag for potential misuse. We'll see if that works.onec Facebook will appeal and will manage to convince the court that the users understood the terms. However, investigations into such matters take years and cases are usually closed before the court reaches a conclusion. This is not the first or last time that someone has accused this giant of misuse of personal data and invasion of privacy. In any case, from now on, the local district court will take care of this incident, where any hearings will also take place.
J8ábych joined in criticizing facial recognition and Appyou. Proabout that nestoh my, and I still do iPhone proIt combs through photos and suggests people to tag. I don't want it and I can't turn it off. It just takes up space and is annoying in the gallery.