Why You Can’t Really Consent to Facebook’s Facial Recognition

Why You Can’t Really Consent to Facebook’s Facial Recognition
While the social media platform’s latest approach to facial recognition appears to respect user’s choices, the offer is so tainted we can’t truly agree to it
Evan Selinger
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Published inOneZero
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8 min read·
Sep 30, 2019
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Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/GettyCo-authored by Woodrow Hartzog
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Written by Evan Selinger
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Prof. Philosophy at RIT. Latest book: “Re-Engineering Humanity.” Bylines everywhere. http://eselinger.org/
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