Facebook users must now prove that they are not Russian bots

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Soon users Facebook have to upload a clear photo of your face on Facebook, to prove that you are not a Russian bot.

Technical giant uses a new look captcha (a system designed to distinguish a man from a robot) to prove that his users are not bots. According to the screenshot of the identification test that was published online, confirmed Facebook, it says: “Please upload your photo that clearly shows your face. We will check it and then finally remove it from our servers. ”

A new photo test, which, apparently, was launched at the beginning of this year, but recently appeared on screenshots in Twitter, is designed to help the company to “catch suspicious activity on the site, including creating an account, sending friend requests, setting up advertising payments and creating or editing advertising”, сказал Facebook representative.

Spokesperson Facebook said the photo test is one of several methods used to detect suspicious activity, reports Wired.

Now facial recognition technology is used more often than before, including unlocking a new Apple iPhonethat uses technology Face ID.

Earlier the company Facebook reported the results of a study of possible links between the purchase of advertising and Russia's alleged attempts to intervene in the course of elections in the US The company managed to find about 470 fake accounts and pages that spread political advertising and, in the opinion of Facebookwere governed from Russia. From June 2015 to May 2017, they posted about three thousand ads for about 100 thousand dollars.

US Permanent Special Committee on Intelligence опубликовал a small sample of the announcements that the Russian “troll factory” published on Facebook during the presidential campaign and after the US presidential election.

The Russian authorities deny that they tried to influence the US 2016 presidential election, in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrats representative Hillary Clinton.

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