[Boudica]

Instagram has been to ask owners of accounts it detects as suspected bots to verify they are human by providing a video selfie showing multiple angles of their face. This doesn't appear to be largely widespread, but while I can see the logic of how that would prove you're a real person, I'd be furious if I was asked to do this. I am not the only one who thinks this way, as understandably, there has been some outrage online:

However, Meta/Instagram have tried to justify and reassure people:

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The move may surprise some, given Meta’s recent announcement that it would be shutting down one of its Face Recognition features. As the company has since reiterated, though, it was only shutting down a specific Facebook feature, not Meta’s use of facial recognition as a whole. Nevertheless, the message from Instagram is that the video selfie feature won’t use face recognition at all and that the video will be deleted after 30 days.

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[mothered]

Ridiculous to say the least.

Yet another Invasion of one's privacy.

[Boudica]

Ridiculous to say the least.

Yet another Invasion of one's privacy.

Agreed! There are so many ways to check if someone is a bot or not - Why on earth is video the solution they went with?!

[mothered]

There are so many ways to check if someone is a bot or not - Why on earth is video the solution they went with?!

I couldn't have said It better myself.