Germany Investigating Facebook’s Facial Recognition, Again

[![][1]][2]Europeans are [growing increasingly suspicious of Facebook's facial recognition][3] efforts. Earlier this month, [Norway announced that it is looking into the legality][4] of the social network's technology. Now, [Germany is doing the same][5]. Data protection officials in Germany worry that Facebook is compiling a photo database of users without their consent, so they are reopening their investigation.

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