https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/senator-wants-to-know-if-police-are-using-clearview-to-id-protesters/

Secretive facial-recognition firm Clearview AI is facing new questions from lawmakers, in addition to lawsuits, as concerns about its software are amplified during the wave of nationwide protests against police brutality.

Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today demanded to know what law enforcement agencies are working with Clearview potentially to identify protesters who are out in support of black communities and against police violence. "As demonstrators across the country exercise their First Amendment rights by protesting racial injustice, it is important that law enforcement does not use technological tools to stifle free speech or endanger the public," Markey wrote in a letter to Clearview (PDF). "The risk of such omnipresent surveillance also runs the risk of deterring Americans from speaking out."