5 Most Controversial Privacy Mishaps By Facebook


#2 Concerns behind facial recognition

The facial recognition features coupled with the auto tagging facility introduced by Facebook in 2011 were looked at with raised eyebrows by much of the users. Using the software, Facebook could automatically tag people without their knowledge and this interference to ones privacy was brought forward to the notice of Electronic Privacy Information Center which compelled the social media giant to take off the feature.

#3 ‘Was with me’ tagging

The feature added by Facebook in August 2010 granted permission to tag you without your permission. However the saddest thing is that Facebook has no way to resolve the issue. The social media giant commented saying, “You can't block people from tagging you in a post that includes a location, but you can stop it from showing up on your timeline”

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