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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Facebook Shuts Down Facial Recognition System' data-article-id='5947'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13583'>Facebook says it is ending its facial recognition system that automatically identifies users in pictures and videos.</span> <span data-start-time='13583' data-end-time='28479'>The company’s Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Jerome Pesenti, announced the change this week in a statement on the company’s corporate website.</span> <span data-start-time='28479' data-end-time='43375'>Pesenti said the decision to end the system was “part of a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in our products.” </span> <span data-start-time='43375' data-end-time='51458'>The facial recognition system on Facebook is to be ended “in the coming weeks.”</span> <span data-start-time='51458' data-end-time='69354'>The move comes as the social media service faces accusations that it failed to take action to protect users even though its own research suggested its products can be harmful. </span> <span data-start-time='69354' data-end-time='81708'>In the past, Facebook has also faced widespread criticism for not doing enough to protect the privacy of its users.</span> <span data-start-time='81708' data-end-time='91333'>The decision also followed a company announcement that it was changing its name from Facebook to Meta. </span> <span data-start-time='91333' data-end-time='105875'>Industry experts have said the name change appeared to be an attempt to move attention away from unfavorable media attention in recent months.</span> <span data-start-time='105875' data-end-time='119813'>“This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history,” Pesenti said in his statement. </span> <span data-start-time='119813' data-end-time='131313'>As a result, “more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates” will be removed, the statement added.</span> <span data-start-time='131313' data-end-time='146313'>Meta has said that more than a third of Facebook’s daily active users have given their permission to have their faces recognized by the social network’s system. </span> <span data-start-time='146313' data-end-time='153479'>That represents about 640 million people worldwide.</span> <span data-start-time='153479' data-end-time='161042'>Facebook first started offering facial recognition about 10 years ago. </span> <span data-start-time='161042' data-end-time='174104'>But over time, it has made it easier for users to opt out of the system as it faced more pressure from courts and government officials.</span> <span data-start-time='174104' data-end-time='183479'>Pesenti said the company still sees facial recognition technology as a powerful tool. </span> <span data-start-time='183479' data-end-time='195854'>But he noted that the situations where it can be helpful “need to be weighed against growing concerns about this technology as a whole.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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emotion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/in_a_way_that_relates_to_love.wav'><span>in a way that relates to love</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/in_a_way_that_shows_great_attention_to_detail.wav'><span>in a way that shows great attention to detail</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18211 data-hint-location='81708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/what_did_facebook_change_its_company_name_to.wav'>What did Facebook change its company name to?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Meta'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/meta.wav'><span>Meta</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/the_face.wav'><span>The Face</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/gram_book.wav'><span>Gram Book</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/wall_town.wav'><span>Wall Town</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18212 data-hint-location='91333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5355/industry_experts_have_said_the_name_change_appeared_to_be_an_attempt_to_move_attention_away_from_unfavorable_media__blank__in_recent_months.wav'>Industry experts have said the name change appeared to be an attempt to move attention away from unfavorable media <span class='blank'>attention</span> in recent months.</div><div class='choices' 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