Meta revives facial recognition tool for fraud detection and ID verification

The news: Meta is testing facial recognition in its Facebook and Instagram networks to combat scams and help users recover compromised accounts.

  • The tech will specifically target scam ads involving celebrities and will also allow individual users to submit video selfies to regain account access if they are hacked.
  • Meta said it will delete facial recognition data as soon as it’s no longer needed and won’t use it for any other purpose.