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Clearview AI

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52 articles stable

Clearview AI has appeared in 52 articles since 2020-01. Coverage peaked in 2021Q4 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Facebook, Clearview, Clearview AI's, YouTube.

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Coverage Timeline

2024-06-15
New York Times 13 related

Filing: Clearview AI proposes settling a class action lawsuit by collectively giving a 23% stake, worth ~$52M, to Americans whose faces are in its database

https://arstechnica.com/...  h/t @Nonya_Bidniss Evan Greer / @evangreer@mastodon.online : I spoke with the NYT about why giving people harmed a stake in Clearview AI is not a solution.  —  #FacialReco...

2024-06-14
New York Times 5 related

Filing: Clearview AI proposes settling a class action lawsuit by collectively giving a 23% stake, worth ~$52M, to Americans whose faces are in its database

The facial recognition start-up doesn't have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.

2022-05-10
Washington Post 10 related

Clearview AI reaches a settlement with the ACLU by agreeing to stop selling or offering free access to its facial recognition database to most US businesses

2021-11-30
TechCrunch 16 related

Citing “alleged serious breaches” of data protection laws, UK's ICO notifies Clearview AI of its provisional intention to fine the company £17M+

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a potential fine in the UK. Source: ICO .

2020-08-11
New York Times 1 related

Clearview AI has hired pre-eminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, who plans to assert a free-speech right to disseminate publicly available photos

Clearview AI has hired Floyd Abrams, a top lawyer, to help fight claims that selling its data to law enforcement agencies violates privacy laws.

2020-05-29
The Verge 5 related

ACLU sues Clearview AI in Illinois alleging the facial recognition startup violated residents' privacy by scraping, selling their online photos without consent

Alleging Clearview violated a well-known Illinois biometric privacy law  —  The American Civil Liberties Union …

2020-05-08
BuzzFeed News 7 related

In filing, Clearview AI says it is canceling client accounts not associated with law enforcement or other government entities, amid mounting scrutiny

Clearview AI — the controversial face-tracking company known for scraping more than 3 billion photos from social media sites including Facebook …

2020-02-06
CNET 13 related

YouTube and Facebook send cease-and-desist letters to Clearview AI over photo scraping after a similar move by Twitter in January

With Authoritarian Regimes James Hale / Tubefilter : YouTube Sends Cease-And-Desist To Facial Recognition Company That Scrapes Social Media Images For Law Enforcement Tristan Greene / The Next Web : F...

2020-02-05
CNET 6 related

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI says YouTube served a cease-and-desist letter over photo scraping, following Twitter's letter in January

Google and YouTube have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that has been scraping billions …

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 51 Techmeme articles mentioning Clearview AI, dating back to January 2020. The biggest stories include Apple disables the iOS developer account of Clearview AI for using the Developer... and Apple disables the iOS developer account of Clearview AI for using the Developer.... Frequently covered alongside Facebook, Clearview, Google, BuzzFeed News, and LinkedIn. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise themes and away from regulation.

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2026Q1enterprise +100pts; regulation -100pts

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