(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 14 – Ukraine started using Clearview AI facial recognition during the war. Controversial software that extracts images from social media and other platforms was fined by the Italian Privacy Guarantor last week. The news is reported by Reuters online and relaunched by other American media. Ukraine’s defense ministry was given free access to Clearview AI, after the company sent a letter to Ukraine offering its services to help “uncover Russian assassins, combat disinformation and identify the dead” once the invasion begins. . It’s unclear what the defense ministry is using the software for, but Clearview’s chief executive said he expects more Ukrainian agencies to start using the service in the next few days.
Clearview AI has been criticized for worldwide data privacy breaches. Last week, Italy fined the company 20 million euros for violating EU consumer privacy laws and ordered all of its data on Italian residents to be erased. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office also ordered the company to stop processing all user data in November, France issued a similar order in December. (HANDLE).
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