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Clearview AI lawsuits

2021-03-10 19:27:27.774588+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

More on the current state of facial recognition: Clearview AI sued in California by immigrant rights groups, activists

Founded in 2017, Clearview AI compiles billions of photos into a database for its software, which can use these images to identify individual people. The company has claimed to have scraped over 3 billion photos from the internet, including photos from popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Major tech companies have sent the company cease-and-desist notices in the past, arguing its photo snagging practices violate their terms of service.

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