Facebook buys face-swapping app creator Masquerade in a bid to build video services

Facebook buys face-swapping app creator Masquerade in a bid to build video services

A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this December 16, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files

Facebook Inc is acquiring Masquerade Technologies Inc, creator of the popular face-swapping app MSQRD, as part of efforts by the world’s largest social network operator to build its video services.

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