Facebook announces face scanning to confirm you’re a human
Facebook Verified is a new way to prove to others that you’re a real person Today alongside launching a new Facebook Seller app for iPhone, Meta has announced a new verification system for Facebook users. Facebook Verified is an optional badge you can have added to your profile that helps authenticate that you’re a human being. It sounds dystopian, and perhaps it is, but the idea is that AI has made it harder to know when a real person is behind a profile.
- ▪Facebook Verified is a new way to prove to others that you’re a real person Today alongside launching a new Facebook Seller app for iPhone, Meta has announced a new verification system for Facebook users.
- ▪Facebook Verified is an optional badge you can have added to your profile that helps authenticate that you’re a human being.
- ▪It sounds dystopian, and perhaps it is, but the idea is that AI has made it harder to know when a real person is behind a profile.
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