Facebook recently used filed a patent that outlines technology it wants to introduce which would analyze your emotions.
So, while you are scrolling, reading, just using the app Facebook really is watching you!
Footage would be collected through the device you’re using Facebook on; your phone or laptop for instance. Scarily, this uses cameras that aren’t turned on.
Technology would interpret your emotions and then content filtered through that matches your mood.
The patent is called “Techniques for emotion detection and content deliver.” It was found by CB Insights, an organization that works on market intelligence.
It also sounds like Facebook are working on an emoji version of filters. A patent has been filed by Facebook called, “Augmenting text messages with emotion information.” It uses your typing pattern to tap into your mood. If the user seems happy, more emojis are added and the font size increases. And yes, you’ve guessed it, your facial expression (seen through your camera) are used to interpret your mood.
Yeah I am freaking out too! Hopefully this will be a "optional" option because then that is creepy as hell!
Source: NY POST