{"id":393292,"date":"2019-01-18T08:57:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T07:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebook-hits-back-at-claims-the-10-year-challenge-meme-is-simply-a-way-for-it-to-train-its-facial-recognition-ai\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T08:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T07:57:53","slug":"prison-planet-com-facebook-hits-back-at-claims-the-10-year-challenge-meme-is-simply-a-way-for-it-to-train-its-facial-recognition-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebook-hits-back-at-claims-the-10-year-challenge-meme-is-simply-a-way-for-it-to-train-its-facial-recognition-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Facebook hits back at claims the \u201910-year challenge\u2019 meme is simply a way for it to train its facial recognition AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6600689\/Facebook-hits-claims-using-10-year-challenge-train-AI.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 17, 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>The 10-year challenge meme may seem harmless, but a new report claims users\u2019 selfies could be ammunition for far more nefarious purposes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Millions of internet users have participated in the meme, where they upload a photo of themselves from 2009 and a snapshot of themselves from this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some have since claimed that users\u2019 selfies could unknowingly be used as part of a dataset for Facebook\u2019s facial recognition algorithm to learn age progression and age recognition, according to <a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/facebook-10-year-meme-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wired<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The report argues that photos uploaded with the #10yearchallenge would make it easy for a facial recognition algorithm to study a set of before-and-after photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the best case scenario, this data could be used to help find missing children, using an age progression algorithm, Wired noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It could also be used for ad targeting, or more dystopian purposes, such as being supplied to law enforcement or insurance companies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6600689\/Facebook-hits-claims-using-10-year-challenge-train-AI.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, January 17, 2019  at  8:01 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebook-hits-back-at-claims-the-10-year-challenge-meme-is-simply-a-way-for-it-to-train-its-facial-recognition-ai.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebook-hits-back-at-claims-the-10-year-challenge-meme-is-simply-a-way-for-it-to-train-its-facial-recognition-ai.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailJanuary 17, 2019 The 10-year challenge meme may seem harmless, but a new report claims users\u2019 selfies could be ammunition for far more nefarious purposes.\u00a0 Millions of internet users have participated in the meme, where they upload a photo of themselves from 2009 and a snapshot of themselves from this year. 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