There's good news for Texas Instagram users who were disappointed to find face filters had disappeared from the app last week: they're back.
- There's good news for Texas Instagram users who were disappointed to find face filters had disappeared from the app last week: they're back.
Meta, Instagram's parent company, had removed augmented reality effects, like filters and avatars, within state lines . The lawsuit claimed some of these effects broke Texas laws against the use of facial recognition technology. Here's how it works: if you try to use a filter when taking a photo or video of yourself on the app, a message will pop up explicitly asking for permission to use your phone's camera to position effects on your face, eyes and hands. The message states that the technology used is not facial recognition and the information is not used to identify you.
"These images can be used for targeting, for example, based on your gender or age," said University of Texas at Dallas professor of computer science Murat Kantarcioglu, Ph.D."I'm not saying they're doing it, but it's doable because your facial image is there.""I think we share information anyways and I don't think it has anything to do with the filters," social media user Michelle Zhang said. Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.
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