The growing backlash against facial recognition tech

By Sigal Samuel

Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft are all mired in controversy over it.

A woman holds a tablet featuring biometric 3D facial recognition software. Getty Images

A teenager is suing Apple for $1 billion. The lawsuit, filed Monday, hinges on the alleged use of an increasingly popular — and controversial — technology: facial recognition. The tech can identify an individual by analyzing their facial features in images, in videos, or in real time.

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