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"The office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced this week it
would be taking no further action against facial recognition company Clearview
AI. This marked a significant victory for one of the most controversial
technology companies in the world.
In 2021, Australia’s privacy regulator ruled Clearview AI broke privacy laws
for scraping millions of photographs from social media sites such as Facebook
and using them to train its facial recognition tool. It ordered the company to
stop collecting images and delete the ones it had already had.
However, there was no evidence Clearview AI followed this order. And earlier
this year, media reports suggested the company was still going about its
business as usual in Australia and collecting more images of citizens.
Given this, why did the privacy regulator suddenly stop pursuing Clearview AI?
What does this mean for the broader fight to protect peoples’ privacy in the
age of big tech? And how might the law be changed to give the regulator a
greater chance at reining in companies like Clearview AI?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
