IRS announces it will stop use of facial recognition for identity verification

The Internal Revenue Service will transition away from using a third-party authentication service that deploys facial recognition technology in order to verify new online accounts, the agency announced in a press release Monday. The transition will take place “over the coming weeks in order to prevent larger disruptions to taxpayers during filing season,” the release states. The pullback of the plan comes in response to growing concerns from both advocates and lawmakers that the agency’s decision to put the biometric …

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