https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/07/irs-facial-recognition-id-me/

The IRS announced plans Monday to back away from a third-party facial recognition system that collects biometric data from U.S. taxpayers who want to log in to the agency’s online portal.

The IRS says it will abandon the technology, built by a contractor called ID.me, in the coming weeks. The agency says it will instead swap in an “additional authentication process” that doesn’t collect facial images or video. The two-year contract was worth $86 million.