Police in Canada are using controversial facial recognition software

Published: March 3, 2020, 5:10 a.m.

b'That photo you posted to Instagram? It might be a part of Clearview AI\\u2019s massive database of some 3 billion images, all scraped from the internet. The facial recognition app has experts worried about privacy overreach. Canadian police forces first said they\\u2019re not using Clearview \\u2014 until it turned out they are. Toronto Star reporters Wendy Gillis and Kate Allen have followed this story closely, and they\\u2019re here to talk implications.'