Clearview AI: A Tech Company Fueled by the Far Right, Weaponizing Surveillance
Clearview AI, a powerful facial recognition technology company, was founded by Hoan Ton-That, a figure with strong far-right ties and close connections to neoreactionaries and white nationalists. The company built a massive biometric database using billions of images scraped from the internet, offering facial recognition services to law enforcement and corporations, raising enormous privacy concerns. Clearview AI actively pursued partnerships with border patrol and is accused of using its technology to surveil protesters and political opponents. Despite facing multiple lawsuits and hefty fines, Clearview AI thrived under the Trump administration, forging close relationships with agencies like ICE, raising the specter of its technology being used for mass surveillance and deportation. The company's new leadership, openly embracing a MAGA agenda, suggests a continued threat to privacy and democratic institutions.
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