Is this facial recognition app going too far? We tested it

Hoan Ton-That's app, Clearview AI, has triggered fears about facial recognition — and the dystopian future it could foreshadow. CNN Business' Donie O'Sullivan sits down with the CEO to talk about questions of legality, privacy, and bias in the era of facial recognition.

Clearview AI’s app uses a database of billions of images that the company scraped off the Internet without user consent. Hoan Ton-That defends this. He claims he has a First Amendment right to use publicly available images. Tech companies, though, don’t agree. Twitter, Google, and other tech giants have sent cease and desist letters to Clearview AI. Apple has even banned the app from its App Store. Lawmakers, too, have concerns about Clearview AI.

Producers: Richa Naik & John General
Senior Producer: Logan Whiteside
Camera: Nick Godsell
Reporter: Donie O'Sullivan

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[fillmorehillmore]

Most inventions start noble and then get used maliciously. Enjoy!

[applebanana]

Don't be foolish. Everything you post online is archived and searchable

[prespa]

So they want to say :
The government can do that to us but we cant .

[dongiovanni]

Robocop has been doing this for decades.
Welcome to the future y'all dreamed of.

[oliverfasola]

The Toronto police just got busted for using this after being told not to by the chief, our Ontario police refuse to answer If it’s used

[RohanVoo]

and yet...for some reason, they never detain the real gangsters in high office...funny that?

[vampirehunterd]

What's funny is he wants to act like it's about 'solving crime' when any reasonable person can infer it's about the $.

[mohamedm]

In case you're wondering why the Google algorithm recommended this to you: there was a data breach of Clearview AI, and its clients have been unmasked. How ironic!

[-NoneOfYourBusiness]

Did you see how fast this guy jumped from "did you post it publicly ?" to "therefore I can sell your photos and put them on crime databases so police can look you up preemptively for any reason they like" ? And do you really think this practice stops at "crimes" ?

[Hazel]

Nothing about it is private. Think about it. Our constitution says that anyone can video record or take pictures of anyone in public without their permission. That being said, it's not required to get permission to retrieve anything public.

[ehanoldaccount]

In the EU this is illegal on so many levels, but however now that it exists and is profitable in the US, it will likely never vanish from the US..

[LaurieLiberty]

My question is.... these companies are making huge profits, millions from something they get FREE . I want to know where they are contracted with individuals to make a profit from their personal information and identity. CNN should be asking these kinds of questions because that's where the companies and industry will be put out of business. They wouldn'e EXIST if it weren't for the individual identities and unique features of each person. Either PAY PEOPLE their due or get sued

[flexibledreamer]

That’s why the ACLU is suing their ass!

[revtane]

I created thing like this. But I stopped because I was thinking about the effects. This things should be private like only for agencies that are trustworthy.

[hemihead]

The Orwellian freak show is in full swing,

[Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

Imagine recruiters using this for candidates..

[incognitojon]

Wow I quit I’ve already been working on this

[kalosisz]

I don't their methods are GDPR complaint at all. In GDPR, you must have consent, not just refering to as public. More concerning is, it has not respected change of restriction of the photo.
Remember, all of this data was retrieved using a single image of my face. I’ve never been arrested or convicted of a crime. Clearview gathered my data without my knowledge, and without any justification or probable cause.

They’ve likely done the same for you. If they have — and you’re a resident of California or a citizen of the EU — the company is legally obligated to give you your profile, too.


Follow any instructions you receive. Expect your request to take up to two months to process. Be persistent in following up. And remember that once you receive your data, you have the option to demand that Clearview delete it or amend it if you’d like them to do so.

[blackxfiles]

This police state big brother shit must be dismantled NOW!

[vonw.]

With everything people say is good and safe ends up getting corrupted by greedy and evil people.