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Annie Rauwerda

Lawmakers are begging the government to stop using Clearview AI

Democratic lawmakers are ratcheting up efforts to limit Clearview AI, the dystopian nightmare facial recognition company with a database of 10 billion images scraped from social networks — from use in law enforcement and federal agencies.

On Wednesday, four lawmakers sent letters to the Departments of Justice, Defense, Homeland Security, and the Interior, calling for an end to their use of Clearview AI. All four agencies were identified in an August 2021 government report as using the controversial software.

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