In Sweden, the Data Inspectorate has initiated an audit to find out if and if so to what extent Swedish authorities have used Clearview AI.

This after the US Buzzfeed News reported that government representatives in 27 countries in addition to the US - including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland - used a facial recognition service according to a leaked customer list.

Norwegian NRK now reveals that the Norwegian police have used the app. An employee of Kripos, the equivalent of the Swedish Criminal Police, has registered for a 30-day probationary period and during that time made an estimated 30 searches, the authority reports for NRK.

- The license is no longer active and was terminated when the trial period expired. The purpose of the searches was to look at the opportunities for identification in the area of ​​sexual abuse of children, writes the criminal police in a response to NRK.

Founder: Great interest but no contracts

The company's founder, Hoan Ton-That, has today made a written statement sent via a public relations agency to SVT, among others. There he writes that the company has received inquiries from law enforcement agencies all over the world, but that there are no contracts outside the US and Canada.

He also writes that the company's marketing material reflected an expected international interest in the company, not active clients or contracts. This refers to a map published by Buzzfeed, which, among other things, Sweden is marked, and which is said to come from a Clearview presentation.