Facebook has a feature that allows distinguishing users who appear in the photos and videos shared by their contacts on the platform, and this procedure helps to identify you by analyzing the photos and videos that it thinks you are on Facebook, such as profile pictures and videos That you have been mentioned in, note that when you turn on the facial recognition setting, a template is created from Facebook servers that is used to compare it with pictures, videos, and other places where the camera is used, such as the live broadcast video, to know whether you are appearing in that content or not, and it helps This procedure also enables Facebook to inform you of cases in which it is likely to appear in the photos or videos, but you are not referred to, and therefore you can review this post and make the appropriate decision about it, the feature is very useful as it helps to protect you and others from impersonation And misuse of your identity, whereAlerts are sent every time it is detected that your picture has been set as the private picture for a "fake" user profile, and thus review the image and report it in the event of your impersonation, and the feature also provides clear assistance to people with visual impairments by informing people in the picture or video Etc, however, if you are concerned about your privacy and do not want any of your contacts to tag you in their photo or video clip, and you also do not want them to recognize you when in their photos for strangers, you can disable the face recognition option Easily, as the feature needs the user's approval for Facebook to keep face templates, which means that they are optional and can be stopped at any time to protect your privacy, knowing that they are not supported in Canada and the European Union because they are known as the laws of these regions very
Disable Facebook's facial recognition technology
The step to disable Facebook's facial recognition feature is simple and you do not need to install any third-party applications on your device, just follow the following steps
First, go to the settings, then the "face recognition" option
Then you will find the option enabled by default, as in the picture
If you want to disable the facial recognition technology, you select the "No" option and then save the settings
After performing the previous simple steps, the feature will not be officially part of your experience in using Facebook, knowing that in accounts of minors, it is not necessary to deactivate the facial recognition function, as the option is only available for those over the age of 18 years
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