"FaceApp" which has recently gone viral for its age filter, now owns access to more than 150 million people's faces and names.

The company owns a never-ending, irrevocable royalty-free license to do almost anything they wish with them, it has been reported.

POWER Breakfast speaks to social media legal consultant Lerato Ntwampe to unpack this.

"FaceApp" which has recently gone viral for its age filter, now owns access to more than 150 million people's faces and names.
The company owns a never-ending, irrevocable royalty-free license to do almost anything they wish with them, it has been reported.
POWER Breakfast speaks to social media legal consultant Lerato Ntwampe to unpack this.

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