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McDonald’s has found itself in serious damage control after the circulation of a discriminative image on the internet. The photograph appeared on Twitter on the weekend and shows a hoax sign that was allegedly posted on a McDonald’s staff notice board. The sign says an insurance measure due in part to a recent string of [...]

Facebook has apologised for the way it rolled out new software that automatically recognises users’ faces without informing them. The social networking website admitted it should have done more to notify members about the global launch of the system. The new feature scans uploaded photographs and attempts to match faces to images already stored on [...]

Facebook’s move to enable facial recognition across its entire social networking site is raising some eyebrows – and possibly some legal woes — over its privacy implications. On Tuesday, Facebook announced in a blog post that it was working to make it easier for uses to tag photos of their friends and family members. To [...]