Facebook confirms Europeans can again use Tag Suggest facial recognition in photos, for US friends only

Facebookers in Europe can once again use the Tag Suggest feature to automatically recognize people in photos they upload, however it will only recognize their friends based in the US. To recap, way back in December 2010, Facebook introduced a new feature called Tag Suggestions in the States, which used facial recognition techniques to suggest people you should tag in your Facebook photos. It was shortly rolled out internationally too. The feature caused a bit of a stir in many parts of the world, particularly among privacy groups. It was subsequently suspended in Europe in September 2012, when Facebook revealed...

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