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August 14, 2020 05:33 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21368930/clearview-ai-ice-contract-privacy-immigration
ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry). The purchase order for $224,000 describes “clearview licenses” and lists “ICE mission support dallas” as the contracting office.
ICE is known to use facial recognition technology; last month, The Washington Post reported the agency, along with the FBI, had accessed state drivers’ license databases — a veritable facial recognition gold mine, as the Post termed it — but without the knowledge or consent of drivers. The agency has been criticized for its practices at the US southern border, which has...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21368930/clearview-ai-ice-contract-privacy-immigration
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