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Facebook will stop facial recognition, delete data on a billion users, but future use is possible

Facebook has announced that it will shut down its facial recognition program for photo tagging but hasn’t ruled out the technology completely.

Host Scott Tong speaks with Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley correspondent for The Washington Post, about the move.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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