<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />| Germany Says Facebook's Facial Recognition Is Illegal<br />| from the pictures-of-you dept.<br />| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @23:05 (Facebook)<br />| with 271 comments<br />| <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000031/!x-usc:https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2352200/Germany-Says-Facebooks-Facial-Recognition-Is-Illegal?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2352200/Germany-Says-Facebooks-Facial-Recognition-Is-Illegal?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</span></span></a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]fysdt writes "Although we think it's generally a pretty nifty feature,<br />valid concerns over the misuse of Facebook's auto-recognition tagging<br />have lead Germany to [1]ban it entirely. That's right — Facebook in its<br />current state is now illegal. The German government, which possesses<br />perhaps the world's most adamant privacy laws as a result of postwar<br />abuse, considers Facebook's facial recognition a violation of 'the right<br />to anonymity.'"<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /><a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000031/!x-usc:https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2352200/Germany-Says-Facebooks-Facial-Recognition-Is-Illegal?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2352200/Germany-Says-Facebooks-Facial-Recognition-Is-Illegal?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</span></span></a><br /><br />Links:<br />0. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000031/!x-usc:http://definely.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://definely.com/</span></span></a><br />1. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000031/!x-usc:http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/08/germanys-war-facebook/40771/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/08/germanys-war-facebook/40771/</span></span></a></p>