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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Should you be concerned about Facebook's Deep Face?

    Facebook's facial recognition program is called Deep Face, and every day it analyzes hundreds of millions of photos posted on the site, helping the company build the largest face recognition database in the world.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 11, 2019 • 1 min read

    Facebook's facial recognition program is called Deep Face, and every day it analyzes hundreds of millions of photos posted on the site, helping the company build the largest face recognition database in the world.

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    In 'The Farewell,' keeping grandma in the dark about her cancer
    1. 0:00Head: Trump drops citizenship question on next census
    2. 8:09Trump hosts 'social media summit' without social media companies
    3. 15:52Should you be concerned about Facebook's Deep Face?You’re reading this
    4. 24:10Changing lives and landscapes along the LA River, as seen through photos
    5. 33:49In 'The Farewell,' hiding a loved one's health and negotiating two cultures
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