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by mike_hearn 691 days ago
Texas and Illinois. Both issued massive fines against Facebook for facial recognition, over a decade after FB first launched the feature. Segmentation is I guess usable to identify faces, so may seem too close to facial recognition to launch.

Basically the same issue the EU has with demos not launching there. You fine tech firms under vague laws often enough, and they stop doing business there.