On: Microsoft quietly deletes largest public face recognition data set

[Meph504]

Perhaps Meaning there is likely origin issues with the datasets usage permissions, and they want to distance themselves from it.

Or it could be, that no one wanted to manage it, after this person left, and decided to take it down, rather than deal with having to maintain it.

[neilv → Meph504]

Or to avoid privacy PR backlash. Or to gain advantage with it internally while denying that benefit to those who haven't already copied it. Or to monetize access to it differently.