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Technology Clearview AI promises to cancel accounts that aren't law enforcement or government entities Xeni Jardin
Business More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls Xeni Jardin
Technology Clearview AI clients: Best Buy, Walmart, ICE, DOJ, FBI, 2,200+ companies and law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin
Business Canada investigating facial recognition company Clearview AI over privacy, security concerns Xeni Jardin
politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin
Technology Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin
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Business BLS to remove computers from data 'lockups,' chief denies it's aimed at Michael Bloomberg Xeni Jardin
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