The Clearview Database That's Still Scraping: DOJ Can't Stop It?
The short version: Tech Exposed highlights how Clearview AI keeps scraping billions of faces despite fines and DOJ scrutiny, showing how toothless oversight of biometric surveillance really is.
Our Take
Credit to Tech Exposed for laying out just how little a $20 million fine or an FTC deletion order actually means to a company whose entire business model is built on data it was never supposed to take. Clearview's founder has admitted on record that the scraped photos weren't legally theirs — and the company kept scraping anyway. That's not a loophole, that's a business plan.
This story isn't really about one facial recognition company. It's about what happens when surveillance infrastructure gets built faster than the laws meant to restrain it, and then gets handed to agencies like ICE before anyone's answered the basic legality questions. We see the same pattern with license plate readers: vendors roll out nationwide networks, law enforcement plugs in, and oversight shows up years later asking why nobody asked permission first.
If you want to see what that same dynamic looks like on your own streets, check our camera map for ALPR deployments near you, and visit take action for ways to push back before the next database becomes 'too big to unwind.'
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Tech Exposed, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.