© 2025 NPR Illinois
The Capital's Community & News Service since 1975
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Register to attend the 50th anniversary and Constitution Day events! (click the title)
Sept. 16, 5:30 PM Raising Politically Engaged Kids
Sept. 17, 11 AM The Constitution: From Principles to Practice - 5:30 PM The First Amendment Under Stress
Sept. 18, 6 PM Radio That Listens to You: 50 Years of NPR Illinois (registration closed)

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.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.