IBM used Flickr photos for facial-recognition project
IBM has been accused of using Flickr photos for a facial-recognition project, without the full consent of people in the images.
The company extracted nearly one million photos from a dataset of Flickr images originally compiled by Yahoo.
Many people pictured were probably unaware of how their data had been used. But one digital rights group said IBM’s actions represented a “huge threat” to people’s privacy.
Source: IBM used Flickr photos for facial-recognition project – BBC News