France slaps fine on face recognition firm Clearview AI
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France on Thursday slapped a 20-million-euro fine on US firm Clearview AI for breaching privacy laws, as pressure mounts on the controversial facial-recognition platform.The company collects images of faces from websites and social media feeds without seeking permission and sells access to its vast database -- reportedly around 20 billion pictures -- to clients including law enforcement agencies. Privacy activists around the world have raised objections to the business model, already winning a case in the United States that has forced the firm to stop selling its main database to private clients. The French complaint to French privacy watchdog CNIL is one of a slew filed by activists across Europe that has already resulted in fines in Italy and Britain.CNIL ruled last year that ...