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Facebook’s 10-Year Challenge Is Harmless, Right?

Richard Bradbury | Audrey Raj | Arvindh Yuvaraj

16-Jan-19 12:45

Facebook’s 10-Year Challenge Is Harmless, Right?

The 2009 vs. 2019 profile picture trend may or may not have been a data collection ruse to train its facial recognition algorithm. But we can’t afford to blithely play along.


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