Clearview AI broke federal and provincial laws, resulted in mass surveillance of Canadians

Privacy watchdogs say U.S. firm Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology resulted in mass surveillance of Canadians and violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information.

Clearview AI's technology allows for the collection of huge numbers of images from various sources that can help police forces, financial institutions and other clients identify people.

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9 comments

    1. Indict the developers… AI didn’t fall out of a tree. Of course all of this is moot cause the government is handing out a ton of AI contracts.

  1. How does, or could anyone, save for those behind the technology, or those of policy forming lending a blind-eye to its potential; how would you ever know if it was being used or not. At least until you get a visit from some authority making claim against you for who knows what!

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