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Surveillance State

A federal class action claims that Clearview AI violated civil rights and privacy by creating a "massive surveillance state" by scraping faces from websites and selling the data to law enforcement and other agencies.A federal class action claims that Clearview AI violated civil rights and privacy by creating a "massive surveillance state" by scraping faces from websites and selling the data to law enforcement and other agencies.

/ January 23, 2020

CHICAGO — A federal class action claims that Clearview AI violated civil rights and privacy by creating a "massive surveillance state" by scraping faces from websites and selling the data to law enforcement and other agencies.

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