Clearview AI, the leading facial recognition company, is proud to announce the expansion of its advisory board with the addition of four distinguished law enforcement, military, and intelligence experts. Joining the team are Major General Aaron Prupas, retired from the United States Air Force, John T. Lewis, a Senior Intelligence Service Expert from the Central […]
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Clearview AI Scraped Billions Of Facebook Photos For Facial Recognition Database
Facial recognition firm Clearview has built a massive AI-powered database of billions of pictures collected from social media platforms without obtaining users’ consent. In late March, Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That told BBC in an interview that the company had obtained 30 billion photos without users’ knowledge over the years, scraped mainly from social media platforms like […]
Clearview AI fined £7.5 million and told to delete all UK facial recognition data
It ordered the company to delete the data of UK residents from its system. Clearview AI has been fined £7.55 million ($9.5 million) by the UK’s privacy watchdog for illegally scraping the facial images of UK residents from social media and the web. It was also ordered to stop obtaining the data of UK residents […]
Clearview AI’s facial recognition tech is being used on Russian soldiers
On Saturday, Ukraine’s ministry of defense started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology, according to the company’s chief executive. Clearview AI is a controversial facial recognition company that accused of breaching privacy rights and has retaliated against its critics. Source Views: 0
Facial recognition: Clearview AI breaks EU data privacy rules, says French watchdog
France has threatened to fine the facial recognition company Clearview AI for unlawfully collecting citizens’ data. The French data protection watchdog (CNIL) said the American company had collected thousands of photos of French citizens without their consent. The authority has formally ordered Clearview to delete its database of images within two months and stop collecting […]
Facial Recognition App Clearview Sees Surge in Use After Capitol Riot
Clearview AI, a facial-recognition app law enforcement uses to track down criminals, has seen a surge in use since the Capitol Hill riots on Wednesday, according to the company’s CEO. “There was a 26 percent increase of searches over our usual weekday search volume,” Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That told the New York Times. There […]