Facebook image recognition tech could help prevent parents from accidentally sharing photos of their child

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Facebook is putting its sophisticated image recognition technology to good use. The social network is said to be developing tools that will warn parents if they’re accidentally sharing photos of their child to the world. Jay Parikh, vice president of engineering at Facebook, talks about the details of the feature at a media event held in Bloomsbury, UK on Wednesday. “If I were to upload a photo of my kids playing at the park and I accidentally had it shared with the public, this system could say: Hey wait a minute, this is a photo of your kids, normally you post this to just your family members, are you sure you want to do this?”

There’s no word yet when this will roll out but it’s said to be part of Facebook’s “10 year arc of innovation” that features improved artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms which the platform can use to filter out questionable content.

Source: The Next Web

Facebook Messenger’s ‘Photo Magic’ feature automates photo sharing with your loved ones

Too lazy to send the shots you took with your friends? A new feature for Facebook Messenger that’s being tested on Android in Australia can scan the shots in your smartphone for you to look for your Facebook friends and then suggest to send these to the people it finds. It makes sharing quite easy but it might not sit well with people who think Facebook is encroaching a bit too much on your privacy yet again by going through your photos.

How it works is once you take a photo (and you have the feature enabled, of course), a notification will pop up to ask you if you want to send the photo to your friend—right from the notification. Facebook Product Manager Lexy Franklin says you will have full control of the feature. You can turn off facial recognition for yourself and disable notifications if you want. It’ll still be up to you how to use the feature once it makes its way here, which it probably would.

Source: TechCrunch | Via: 9to5Mac

Facebook to reportedly launch ‘Notify’ news app next week

Facebook is said to be taking on the likes of Apple’s News app with its own standalone news app next week. According to the Financial Times, Apple will be launching an app called Notify and they’ve partnered with the likes of CBS, The Washington Post, Comedy Central, CNN, and Vogue. Unlike other news apps, Notify will reportedly notify users when new stories develop instead of users having to go to the app to discover content. Facebook has been developing experiences and features to help bring news and media easier to its users, like Instant Articles. We have to wait and see if there’s any truth to the rumours and how this app would fare if it were to be unveiled in the coming week.

Source: Financial Times | Via: 9to5Mac

Facebook brings expanded notification options to mobile

A new update for Facebook on Android and iOS is bringing an “expanded, personalized notifications tab” to you. This will show everything from updates of your friends, joining notifications, info about friends’ birthdays, live events, sports scores, TV shows, and even updates about certain locations if you have Location History enabled. Facebook though won’t change your existing notifications settings if those are okay with you. The adjustment options will just show up within the Settings so you can make changes as you see fit. Rollout is happening gradually for both operating systems in the US. If successful there, hopefully it makes its way here.

Source: Facebook | Via: SlashGear