New book has tips for talking about racism; Facebook’s facial recognition technology : Here & Now – NPR

We speak with journalist and author Celeste Headlee about her new book “Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It.”

And, Facebook has announced that it will shut down its facial recognition program for photo tagging but hasn’t ruled out the technology completely. Elizabeth Dwoskin of The Washington Post explains more about the move.

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Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051943321/new-book-has-tips-for-talking-about-racism-facebooks-facial-recognition-technolo

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