Clearview AI operational at BIA months before new facial recognition procurement
Clearview AI's facial recognition technology was in use at the Bureau of Indian Affairs months before a formal procurement process for such tools was initiated, according to reporting by Biometric Update.
Why this matters: A federal agency was running facial recognition on people before it had a procurement process in place. That means no public contract, no clear rules, and no obvious accountability. The BIA serves tribal communities that have historically had little say over how government agencies collect and use their data. Starting with the technology and adding oversight later gets it exactly backwards. People deserve to know when a federal agency is scanning faces, not find out about it after the fact.
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