Clearview AI Algorithm Built on Photos Scraped from Social Media Profiles without Consent

June 15, 2017

Clearview AI's face-matching algorithm raised concerns due to its construction from scraped images from social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, without users' consent. This reportedly contravened social media policies and privacy regulations.

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Alleged deployer: clearview-ai
Alleged developer: clearview-ai
Alleged harmed parties: social-media-users, instagram-users, facebook-users

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