Facebook is coming for your face

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA — Facebook announced on Tuesday it will soon be introducing new facial recognition features in order to give users more tools to manage their identity on the platform.

People will soon be able to activate facial recognition with an on/off switch to enable three different features, according to a Facebook blog post.
First, Facebook will alert you when pictures of you are uploaded even if you have not been tagged in them, Gizmodo reported.
Second, Facebook will notify you if your face is being used in a profile picture.
Third, visually impaired users can now hear aloud the people tagged around them in group photos.
To activate these features, users will have to authorize Facebook to access, store and match their face data with all uploads across the social media platform.