The IRS has agreed to abandon its plan to use facial recognition through a third party to identify taxpayers after both Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the practice.
announced Monday that over the coming weeks it would "transition away from using a third-party service for facial recognition," after the agency had raised alarms by contracting with technology provider ID.me to handle its taxpayer verification process using facial recognition.and security seriously, and we understand the concerns that have been raised," IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in a statement.
The IRS introduced the facial recognition plan last month, and planned for full implementation this summer. The plan would require taxpayers to provide a video selfie to ID.me in order to access their accounts on the agency's website.
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