S.T.O.P. Condemns FBI Facial Recognition With Clearview AI

View this email in your browser For Immediate Release   S.T.O.P. Condemns FBI Facial Recognition With Clearview AI (New York, NY, 1/11/2021) - Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a privacy and civil rights group, condemns the FBI’s new $18,000 contract with Clearview AI. The contract expands the FBI’s relationship with the controversial facial recognition vendor, which has drawn widespread scrutiny for taking the publics’ images from social media and other websites without consent. S.T.O.P. renewed its prior calls on the Biden Administration for a federal ban on facial recognition. SEE: Cyberscoop -  Feds' spending on facial recognition tech expands, despite privacy concerns  https://www.cyberscoop.com/feds-spending-on-facial-recognition-tech-continues-unmitigated-despite-privacy-concerns/ “If anyone else stole our photos, the FBI would be trying to arrest them, but Clearview AI is getting paid for the theft,” said Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn. “It’s long past time for the Biden Administration to take action and ban federal use of this surveillance tech. This sort of surveillance isn’t just a threat to civil rights, it undermines democracy.” Last week, the civil rights group revealed that facial recognition had only been used in 3 cases connected with the January 6th Insurrection, with the majority of attackers identified with public tips and other low-tech leads. Last August, S.T.O.P. condemned federal expansion of facial recognition after a Government Accountability Office reported 18 of 24 federal agencies surveyed use facial recognition. SEE: Press Release - S.T.O.P. Releases Review Of 1/6 Guilty Pleas, Disproves Need For Expanded Surveillance https://www.stopspying.org/latest-news/2022/1/6/stop-releases-review-of-16-guilty-pleas-disproves-need-for-expanded-surveillance S.T.O.P. Condemns Federal Plans to Expand Facial Recognition, Calls For Ban https://www.stopspying.org/latest-news/2021/8/25/stop-condemns-federal-plans-to-expand-facial-recognition-calls-for-ban The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is a non-profit advocacy organization and legal services provider. S.T.O.P. litigates and advocates for privacy, fighting excessive local and state-level surveillance. Our work highlights the discriminatory impact of surveillance on Muslim Americans, immigrants, and communities of color. -- END -- CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn. albert@stopspying.org Copyright © 2021 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.