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Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Is Identifying Child Victims of Abuse

Posted on February 7, 2020June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Kashmir Hill and Gabriel J.X. Dance report:

Law enforcement agencies across the United States and Canada are using Clearview AI — a secretive facial recognition start-up with a database of three billion images — to identify children who are victims of sexual abuse. It’s a powerful use case for the company’s technology, but raises new questions about the tool’s accuracy and how the company handles data.

Read more on the New York Times.

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