Australian police want to improve online child abuse investigations; cue Clearview fears

A media furor has broken out in Australia over the potential use of Clearview AI’s facial recognition by law enforcement in the country investigating child exploitation.

Jon Rouse, former operations manager for the Australian Federal Police’s (AFP’s) Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) is now the interim victim’s commissioner for Queensland. He told the Herald Sun that Clearview’s biometrics could give police a major advantage in their investigation of online child abuse images. Rouse has been making the …

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