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• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  We found this photo of Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That with Chuck Johnson from 2016. Ton-That's response: “I was only making the Okay sign in the photo as in ‘all okay’... It would be absurd and unfair for anyone to distort my views and values based on old photos of any sort.” https:…

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  In reporting our story on Clearview AI, we learned not to take whatever the company said at face value. There are a lot of unbacked up claims, specifically around the accuracy of it's facial recognition technology. 1/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @tiffanycli Tiffany C. Li on x

  The Clearview case is a fascinating example of the tension between access to information and information privacy — both important digital rights. https://twitter.com/...

• @elivalley Eli Valley on x

  Cool update on the maker of a fascist surveillance app used by law enforcement and pitched to Nazis! https://twitter.com/...

• @green_footballs Charles Johnson on x

  Yes, that's the CEO of Clearview AI, Hoan Ton-That, hanging out with Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi fundraiser Chuck C. Johnson in 2016. More: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @delafina777 Jessica Price on x

  so yeah, the company scraping social media for constant facial recognition surveillance has ties to white nationalists cool, cool, very normal https://twitter.com/...

• @senmarkey Ed Markey on x

  Clearview's facial recognition technology poses chilling privacy risks. I'm concerned it could destroy individuals' ability to go about their daily lives anonymously, and I'm demanding answers about Clearview's partnerships with law enforcement. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @drewharwell Drew Harwell on x

  “Clearview AI said its facial recognition software had been used by more than 600 police departments and government groups, incl. the FBI. But in at least 2 cases, the company suggested it was working with a police department simply because it had submitted a lead to a tip line” …

• @green_footballs Charles Johnson on x

  When you're hanging out with Holocaust deniers who raise money for neo-Nazis (Chuck C. Johnson), the “OK sign” is the least concerning thing about it. https://twitter.com/...

• @shallowbrigade Kim O'Connor on x

  The guy behind the frighteningly accurate facial recognition company that can identify almost anyone thinks it's “absurd and unfair” to draw any conclusions about his ties to the far right https://twitter.com/...

• @russellbrandom Russell Brandom on x

  When the press tour is going well https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x

  It's a sign of just how dystopian our hell world has gotten when the sympathetic characters of the week are Jeff Bezos and the NYPD https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @profcarroll @profcarroll on x

  Far-right illiberal ideology is embodied by a tech industry fueled by Peter Thiel and the only thing that can push back against it public pressure and muscular legal remedies. #TheGreatHack #DataRightsAreHumanRights https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Oh no. The same company from @kashhill cover story? Post by the troll Cernovich of Johnson and that Peter Thiel-backed CEO will access to billions of photos - many scraped from Facebook? Has Facebook made a statement yet considering their photos and Thiel on board of directors? h…

• @jasonleopold Jason Leopold on x

  Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect. Police Say That's Not True. Docs obtained by @BuzzFeedNews reveal that its claims to law enforcement agencies are impossible to verify — or flat-out wrong https://www.buzzfeed.com/... @RMac18

• @carolineha_ Caroline Haskins on x

  NEW on Clearview AI, the company that scrapes social media pics + does facial recognition for police, from @RMac18, @_loganmcdonald, & I: The CEO has downplayed ties to the far right. And marketing emails I got via FOIL misrepresent its work with police https://www.buzzfeednews.c…

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Clearview AI claims it was integral in solving an Aug. 19 case of suspected terrorism in a NY subway. The NYPD says that it is not true. We took a look at some of the dubious claims from the facial recognition company as it sells its product to cops. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/…

• @kashhill Kashmir Hill on x

  This is a great thread on the repercussions of a Ninth Circuit ruling this fall on the legality of scraping “public” info on the Web. It did not get a huge amount of press coverage but it was a very big deal. https://twitter.com/...