Senators want to block government agencies from buying Clearview AI data

A bill that aims to essentially ban law enforcement and intelligence agencies from buying data from Clearview AI has drawn bipartisan support from 20 senators. If the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act were to pass as is, agencies wouldn't be able to buy location data from third-party brokers without a warrant. The bill would prevent agencies from purchasing data on people in the US and Americans outside of the country if the information was procured from "a user's account or device, or via deception, hacking, violations of a contract, privacy policy, or terms of service," according to Senator Ron Wyden's office. If the bill becomes law, Clearview AI would no longer be able to sell much of the data it has obtained to US government agencies. To power its facial recognition technology, Clearview AI reportedly scraped billions of images from social media platforms without consent.