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9/22/12

Facebook switches off facial recognition tool in Europe

FACEBOOK said it had switched off the facial-recognition tool that prompts users to "tag" photographs.

The feature was identified by EU  regulators as one of the main privacy threats posed by the social networking site.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), Billy Hawkes, who launched the probe because Facebook's European operations are based in Ireland, said he was happy that the site had agreed to remove the tool in Europe by October 15.

Read more: Facebook switches off facial recognition tool in Europe | News.com.au

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