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John,
Clearview AI, the notorious facial recognition company, is poised to settle a lawsuit that includes virtually everyone—including you.1
If you’ve been on social media between 2017 and now, you are most likely involved in this case, and you can help make sure Clearview doesn't get off easy. Take action now and reject this Clearview settlement and opt out.
Here's the background: since 2017 Clearview has scraped billions of images from websites and created a massive database with our photos.2 This database uses facial recognition technology to identify people, and has been sold to many clients, including cops.
Clearview has been sued many times for its attack on our rights, and several of these cases joined together in a consolidated class action lawsuit out of Illinois. Clearview is now set to settle this case, but this settlement doesn’t offer the protection our community deserves and allows Clearview to continue with business as usual: selling our faces in exchange for a payout that could be as little as pennies.
We’re calling this settlement for what it is: a cop out instead of real changes to their shady business practices. You can help fight this cop out by opting out of the settlement deal. We've created a website where you can easily go through the steps to opt out.
Opt Out
We're partnering with Just Futures Law, Mijente, and MediaJustice to launch a national campaign opposing this #ClearviewCopOut, We’re exposing Clearview’s surveillance tech and asking you to help us send a message opposing further data exploitation.
Folks have until September 20th to opt out. Opt out today and tell your friends and family to do the same to preserve their rights!
In solidarity,
Caitlin at Fight for the Future
Footnotes:
1. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-settlement.html
2. Settlement Explainer: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62c3198c117dd661bd99eb3a/t/66b273e7f5772d2b621317e4/1722971112291/Final_#ClearviewCopOut+Settlement+Opt+Out+Flyer+(1).pdf
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