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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="30939" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="60" keywordseo="facial-recognition">Facial recognition</keyword> company <keyword id="8590044" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Clearview-AI">Clearview AI</keyword> is now the subject of a joint <keyword id="49112" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Investigation">investigation</keyword> from privacy regulators from the UK and Australia.</li><li>The UK's <keyword id="236078" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="ICO">ICO</keyword> and Australia's <keyword id="1478731" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="OAIC">OAIC</keyword> are looking into Clearview AI's "use of 'scraped' data and biometrics of individuals."</li><li>Clearview AI was brought into the public eye by a New York Times investigation in January, which revealed the firm scraped billions of images from the internet without consent to build its facial recognition app.</li></ul>Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-clearview-ai-controversial-facial-recognition-startup-2020-3?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">boasted of scraping billions of photos from the internet</a>, is being investigated by data privacy watchdogs in the UK and Australia.The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) <a href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/07/oaic-and-ico-open-joint-investigation-into-clearview-ai-inc/">announced a joint investigation</a> into Clearview AI on Thursday. The two regulatory bodies said the investigation will focus on Clearview AI's "use of 'scraped' data and biometrics of individuals."Clearview AI <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-03-16/san-diego-police-das-office-tried-out-a-facial-recognition-app?utm_source=Triggermail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20bii-connectivity-and-tech:%20Clearview%20AI%20exits%20Canada%20amid%20legal%20scrutiny%20%7C%20Verizon%20trials%20fiber%20alternative%20to%20accelerate%205G%20rollout%20%7C%20Nokia%20commits%20to%20O-RAN&amp;utm_term=BII%20List%20Connectivity%20ALLtivity%20ALL">describes itself</a> as a "search engine for faces."It claims its software scrapes images of people's faces from popular sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Google.Users are then able to upload a photo of someone's face to Clearview AI's app, and it will show them where else that person's face has appeared on the internet. The company was relatively unknown until January when The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html">New York Times</a> published an exposé, claiming the company's technology was being used by police forces.This prompted outrage at the way the company collected people's images and biometric data without their consent, and the company was hit with a series cease-and-desist letters from big tech companies like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-cease-desist-letter-facial-recognition-cleaview-ai-photo-scraping-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Facebook</a>, Twitter, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-google-youtube-surveillance-police-law-enforcement-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">YouTube</a>.In February the company said it had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-ai-list-customers-stolen-breach-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">suffered a major data breach exposing its client list</a>, which revealed it was used by many clients who were not law enforcement.The ICO and OAIC said in their statement they would collaborate with other data privacy bodies where appropriate. <a href="https://priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2020/an_200221/">Canada announced in February</a> it was launching a similar probe into Clearview AI's data practices, and on Monday <a href="https://priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2020/nr-c_200706/?utm_source=Triggermail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20bii-connectivity-and-tech:%20Clearview%20AI%20exits%20Canada%20amid%20legal%20scrutiny%20%7C%20Verizon%20trials%20fiber%20alternative%20to%20accelerate%205G%20rollout%20%7C%20Nokia%20commits%20to%20O-RAN&amp;utm_term=BII%20List%20Connectivity%20ALLtivity%20ALL">the company announced</a> it was shutting down its business in Canada due to the investigation.The ethics of facial recognition are under particular scrutiny at the moment, and last month IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft announced they would <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-microsoft-ibm-halt-selling-facial-recognition-to-police-2020-6?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">suspend the sale of their facial recognition software to law enforcement</a>.This came about after the George Floyd protests threw the spotlight back onto the ethical problems surrounding selling facial recognition to police, as the technology has frequently been shown to exhibit racial bias.

The UK and Australia are investigating Clearview AI, the facial recognition firm that scraped billions of photos from social media

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.<ol><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sony-invests-250-million-epic-games-fortnite-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Sony is making a $250 million "strategic investment" in Epic Games, the company behind "Fortnite," the two announced on Thursday</a>. That $250 million buys Sony a 1.4% stake in Epic Games, which puts Epic's current valuation at just shy of $18 billion.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-14-beta-release-date-arrives-how-to-get-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Apple began rolling out the public beta of iOS 14, its next major software update for the iPhone, on Thursday</a>. The update brings a bunch of new features to the iPhone that touch nearly all aspects of the operating system, from the iPhone's home screen to Siri, as well as apps like iMessage and Maps.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-billionaire-jack-dorsey-universal-basic-income-experiment-2020-7">Twitter billionaire Jack Dorsey announced he will be funding a universal basic income experiment that could affect up to 7 million people</a>. Jack Dorsey's fellow Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg think a universal basic income could help poor Americans, too.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-ai-under-investigation-in-the-uk-and-australia-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">The UK and Australia are investigating Clearview AI, the facial recognition firm that scraped billions of photos from social media</a>. The UK's ICO and Australia's OAIC are looking into Clearview AI's "use of 'scraped' data and biometrics of individuals." </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blueleaks-servers-seized-by-german-authorities-at-request-of-us-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">German authorities have seized a server that hosted thousands of sensitive police documents published as part of the BlueLeaks data dump</a>. The German prosecutors behind the seizure were acting at the request of the US government, they told the Associated Press. The FBI and other US officials have not commented on the seizure.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-lockdown-netflix-zoom-spotify-data-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">A surge in people signing up to streaming services and online shopping during lockdown risks the exposure of more personal data than ever</a>. According to new research from data privacy firm Mine, the number of US consumers handing their information to ecommerce sites and others surged by 60% between January and April. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-involvement-leads-privacy-groups-to-withdraw-from-coalition-2020-7">An Uber-backed influence campaign against bike and scooter 'rider surveillance' lost the support of major privacy groups once they found out the company was involved</a>. Communities Against Rider Surveillance, which Uber supports, is trying to influence the debate over how cities use shared bike and scooter data. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-alex-stamos-haphazard-moderating-trump-posts-twitter-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Alex Stamos, Facebook's former chief security officer, said Facebook's approach to handling political speech has been "haphazard," in an interview with CNBC</a>. Stamos said Zuckerberg should be thinking more about the potential Facebook has to amplify speech when making such decisions rather than viewing interference with political content as being censorship.</li><li><a href="https://www.axios.com/chelsea-clinton-venture-capital-firm-d2a0f510-32b5-46ce-a373-2e264441fe9b.html">Chelsea Clinton is forming her own venture capital firm, according to a report from Axios</a>. The firm, called Metrodora Ventures, was registered in April and has its own Twitter account, though it's still in its early stages and Clinton hasn't decided whether to commit to the firm full-time, Axios reports.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/technology/robinhood-risky-trading.html">Trading app Robinhood installed bulletproof glass after frustrated traders kept showing up at its office, according to the New York Times</a>. An explosion of stock-market volatility as the global economy grapples with a pandemic, coupled with record unemployment, has caused a surge in interest for the app, which pioneered commission-free stock trading for a much younger audience than traditional brokerages.</li></ol>Have an Amazon Alexa device? Now you can hear <keyword id="9070519" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="10-things-in-tech">10 Things in Tech</keyword> each morning. Just search for "Business Insider" in your Alexa's flash briefing settings.You can also <a href="https://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/free">subscribe to this newsletter</a> here — just tick "10 Things in Tech You Need to Know.

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