Facebook Kills Photo-Tagging Suggestions for EU Users

European Facebook users will no longer have access to the site's photo-tagging feature -- at least, not for a while.

After receiving demands from privacy regulators across the EU, Facebook has indefinitely axed its facial recognition feature for all European users.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Billy Hawkes issued a report this morning of Facebook's compliance with the recommendations, which were made by regulators last December. In it, he suggests Facebook has "fully implemented" most of the DPC's recommendations -- those that haven't been implemented, he says, will be taken care of with a "clear timescale" in place.

The DPC was pulled into the issue after rece…
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