Even if the image is deleted, the many copies of the dataset already made still contain the images. This is why when Meta (then Facebook) announced the deletion of nearly 1 billion faceprints, there was pushback alongside the celebration. The celebration was around the fact that a major tech company deleting the faceprints was an acknowledgment of the risks associated with face-based technologies that many organizations, including the AJL, had been highlighting. But we do not know if someone at the organization made a secret backup copy, and we may never know. Facebook’s actions provided a
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