Microsoft calls on government to regulate use of facial recognition tech

Washington [United States]: Facial recognition technology which is common across devices and organisation as a method of authentication needs some serious regulation according to Microsoft.

The company's blog post calls on the government to impose limits on the use of the technology to regulate it, Mashable reported.

A lot of activist groups and smaller companies have previously requested for similar regulation to prevent abuse of the tech. However, Microsoft is the first tech giant to do so.