The company’s methods declared illegal in multiple jurisdictions-most recently in the UK. But do European regulators actually have any power to stop it?
Clearview AI
The company revealed it’s working with a U.S. company selling visitor management systems to schools within hours of a horrific school shooting.
Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.
Company is looking to launch a new business venture to compete with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in verifying people’s identity using facial recognition.
Ukraine began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead.
The facial recognition company Clearview AI is telling investors it’s on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year.
The CNIL chair has ordered the company to cease this illegal processing and to delete the data within two months.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced its provisional intent to impose a potential fine of just over £17 million ($23 million USD) on Clearview AI.
Clearview AI may have gathered data without people’s knowledge, says Information Commissioner’s Office.
In an interview with WIRED, CEO Hoan Ton-That said the company has scraped 10 billion photos from the web—and developed new ways to aid police surveillance.
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