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well, this move comes amidst what by all accounts is a massive headache for the tech giant, already embroiled in a pr storm surrounding leaked documents. the facial recognition feature has been heavily criticized by privacy advocates, concerned it could be misused. it s also been the subject of a class action lawsuit. in illinois, facebook settled for $650 million after accusations it had collected millions of facial photos without proper consent, violating illinois state law. yesterday in a blog post, the company s vice president of artificial intelligence cited a lack of regulation as a reason to stop this kind of data collection, saying, quote, we need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules. the post also noting this change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology s history, adding the system will be shut down in the coming weeks.
their terms of use to really strengthen the legitimate use of their very powerful platforms and prevent harm from occurring. any worry from civil liberties groups about big brother watching you? oh, there s absolutely concern. as a matter of fact, just a week ago, i met with civil rights groups, privacy advocates. we respect the first amendment right, but the connectivity between speech and violence, the connectivity between active harm and speech is something we re very focused on and it s a difficult challenge. but we re working on it and meeting that challenge. again, because of the great personnel of the department of homeland security and across the federal enterprise. secretary alejandro mayorkas, thank you so much. you ve got your hands full. thanks for finding time for us today. thank you for the pleasure of
pretty dissuasive fine, almost $900 million, but was almost inevitable? you know, i am million, but was almost inevitable? you know, iam not million, but was almost inevitable? you know, i am not sure if it was inevitable. in fact, for three years, since the gdpr has been in effect, there have been growing calls for stricter enforcement by privacy advocates, who say that regulators like the one in luxembourg have not done enough. now what we are seeing is that these regulators are really turning up the heat. this fine, we will have to see if it is dissuasive, we talk about 4% of amazon s net income for a year, 20% of its revenue, but but it is definitely a step change in how this enforcement is going 0.2%. when it you put it that way, 0.2% of