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 In Canada, Clearview’s also banned and has to delete all photos of Canadians it has in its database. 

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2021/an_211214/

It's the same in Australia. 

https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/clearview-ai-breached-australians-privacy

In Europe, following our joint action with Homo Digitalis, Hermes Center and noyb, Clearview has been banned from the UK, France, Italy and Greece and subject to €73 million in fines. 

https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/challenge-against-clearview-ai-europe 
 Clearview is fighting the UK decision, arguing that the GDPR, which protects our right to data protection, doesn’t apply to them. 

They’re saying that because they’re based in the US, they can steal anyone’s photos to feed their database and train their algorithm. 🤮 

We continue to see the pitfalls of Clearview AI’s technology.

Maybe it’s about time they stop playing with our privacy and freedoms.