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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.
Ukraine is reportedly using Clearview AI's facial recognition tech
The company said the controversial system could be employed at checkpoints and to identify the dead.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Italy slaps facial recognition firm Clearview AI with €20 million fine
The company is also banned from using images of Italians in its database
Democrats urge federal agencies to ditch Clearview AI's facial recognition tech
Multiple departments are said to be using the controversial tech for 'domestic law enforcement' reasons.
Clearview AI will get a US patent for its facial recognition tech
Critics are worried the company is patenting invasive tech.
Ten federal agencies are expanding their use of facial recognition
This, despite the growing concerns they could lead to false IDs and wrongful arrests.
Senators want to block government agencies from buying Clearview AI data
A bipartisan bill would also ban purchases of location data without a warrant.
ACLU and 70 other organizations ask DHS to stop using Clearview AI
They say the department is using the facial recognition technology without sufficient oversight.
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Thousands of US government agencies are using Clearview AI without approval
Buzzfeed News says it has a database of 1,803 public bodies in the US that used the tool.
LAPD bans the use of Clearview's controversial facial recognition software
Officers will be able to use the Los Angeles County system and nothing else.
Clearview AI wins an ICE contract as it prepares to defend itself in court
It's the sort of scenario privacy advocates feared when the public learned about Clearview.
Clearview to rely on First Amendment to defend its face-tracking tech
The CEO has been banging this drum since the lawsuits starting rolling in.
Australia and the UK open joint investigation of Clearview AI
They’ll look at Clearview’s practice of ‘scraping’ data.ACLU sues Clearview AI over alleged privacy violations
It says the surveillance company violates Illinois law.
San Diego police ban Clearview AI's facial recognition tool
This is only after investigators tested it, however.
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Apple blocks Clearview AI's iPhone app
The app violated Apple's enterprise testing rules.
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