US judge weighs Clearview AI's future as states call privacy settlement inadequate
By Mike Swift ( January 30, 2025, 22:34 GMT | Insight) -- Clearview AI's future was at stake today as a federal judge in Chicago heard arguments for why she should allow the controversial facial recognition startup to sell off 23 percent of itself to settle privacy litigation filed under Illinois' strict biometric privacy law. Lawyers for Clearview and the plaintiffs say the company faces bankruptcy unless the novel settlement is granted. But US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman heard arguments from nearly half of US state attorneys general and privacy advocates who say the settlement is inadequate to protect Americans' privacy.The future of Clearview AI was in the hands of a federal judge in Chicago today as a group of nearly two dozen state attorneys general and privacy advocates called a novel facial recognition settlement proposal inadequate to protect Americans’ privacy rights....
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