Clearview AI stops offering facial recognition technology in Canada

The New York-based company bills itself as a tool for law enforcement, scraping the Internet for publicly available photos and using facial recognition to identify potential suspects and victims. — AFP Relaxnews

TORONTO: Clearview AI has said it would no longer offer its facial recognition services in Canada, the country's privacy commissioner announced on July 6, in response to an ongoing investigation into the company by provincial and federal privacy authorities.

The New York-based company bills itself as a tool for law enforcement, scraping the Internet for publicly available photos and using facial recognition to identify potential suspects and victims.