Exposing the secretive company at the forefront of facial recognition technology

NYT reporter Kashmir Hill says Clearview AI has a database of billions of photos scraped from the internet, which it sells to governments and police departments. Her book is Your Face Belongs To Us.

TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Facial recognition technology is convenient when you use it to unlock your phone or log into an app. But you might be surprised to know that your face is most likely already in a facial recognition database that can be used to identify who you are without you even being aware it’s happening or knowing who’s

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