[slg]

It isn't shocking that an American company would run into issues like this in the EU as it is one of the fundamental differences between American and European society. By and large, Europeans would rather this type of thing be in the hands of the government over a private company while Americans would prefer the reverse.

[mikae1]

> By and large, Europeans would rather this type of thing be in the hands of the government over a private company while Americans would prefer the reverse.

Well, you can vote for politicians that align with your values. The American replies: you can vote with your wallet.

I'd like to see a company like Clearview get boycotted away. It has few customers that pays well and the citizens that they subject to violations are not their customers and have no say.

Also, Re: vote with your wallet. The fact that the richest gets the most ballot papers is not so democratic.

[dvngnt_]

this falls apart in america when the government just buys the private data.

[rsynnott]

I mean, I think many people would rather that this was in the hands of _neither_, tbh.

The AI Act (note that this fine was under prior legislation, not the rather new AI Act) bans this except for specified national security purposes, but I'd certainly have preferred to see it ban it entirely.