Over 3,000 police departments use Clearview AI facial recognition
More than 2,200 police agencies use Clearview AI for instant facial recognition searches
Over 3,000 U.S. law enforcement agencies use Clearview AI’s smartphone app for instant facial recognition.
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Facial Recognition Technology
Software that identifies or verifies a person by comparing their facial features against a database of known faces.
Key People
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Hoan Ton-That
Founder and former chief executive
Marketed the company directly to police leadership, signed vendor agreements and nondisclosure forms with the NYPD, amplified accuracy claims while expanding the image database to tens of billions, and steered investor-focused strategies that prioritized rapid client growth over independent validation or community safeguards.
Clare Garvie
Researcher, Center on Privacy & Technology
Published analyses demonstrating disproportionate false-positive rates for Black people, criticized vendor accuracy claims, provided expert testimony and reports that shaped municipal debates, and warned that misidentifications amplify racialized policing and wrongful arrests when law enforcement uses Clearview without safeguards.
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