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— 13 entries in the record.
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Jan 1, 2017
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Sep 9, 2025
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2017 · 1 event
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2025 · 4 events
2017
2025
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2025-09-09
ICE Awards $9.2 Million Facial Recognition Contract to Clearview AI
2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Clearview AI · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-08-26
Diplomatic Security Service Agents Begin Patrolling Washington DC Streets, Making Arrests for Minor Offenses
3 src
State Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump
reported
2025-08-24
2,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles
3 src
Trump · National Guard · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2025-02-20
Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That Resigns Amid Facial Recognition Controversies
3 src
Hoan Ton-That · Clearview AI · Trump Administration
confirmed
2024-08-20
Defense Contractors Market Ukraine War as "Battle-Tested" Surveillance Technology Proving Ground
3 src
Anduril Industries · Palantir Technologies · Clearview AI
confirmed
2023-04-26
Ukraine Launches Brave1 State-Backed Defense and Surveillance Technology Platform
3 src
Ukraine Ministry of Defence
confirmed
2023-04-22
Palantir Partners with Ukraine Prosecutor to Process War Crimes Evidence Using AI
3 src
Palantir Technologies
confirmed
2022-06-01
Palantir Deploys AI Targeting and Intelligence Systems in Ukraine
3 src
Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
confirmed
2022-03-01
Clearview AI Deploys Mass Facial Recognition Technology in Ukraine War
3 src
Clearview AI · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Hoan Ton-That
confirmed
2021-07-21
Clearview AI Raises $30 Million Series B Funding Despite Widespread Privacy Violations
3 src
Clearview AI · Peter Thiel
confirmed
2020-01-18
New York Times Exposé Reveals Clearview AI's 3 Billion Photo Surveillance Database
3 src
Clearview AI · Hoan Ton-That · New York Times
confirmed
2018-12-06
NYPD Begins Secret Trial of Clearview AI Facial Recognition Technology
2 src
NYPD · Clearview AI · Hoan Ton-That
confirmed
2017-01-01
Clearview AI Founded to Build Mass Facial Recognition Database
2 src
Hoan Ton-That · Peter Thiel · Clearview AI
confirmed