Clearview AI reaches proposed settlement in biometric class action

Clearview AI reached a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and laws in California, New York and Virginia, MediaPost reports. The details of the proposed settlement have not been made public. The lawsuit stems from Clearview's reported scraping of images off social media platforms, which it used to create its image database and then allegedly sold to law enforcement agencies and private companies.