Apple has blocked Clearview AI’s iPhone app for violating its rules

TechCrunch:

An iPhone app built by controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI has been blocked by Apple, effectively banning the app from use.

Apple confirmed to TechCrunch that the startup “violated” the terms of its enterprise developer program.

TechCrunch found Clearview AI’s iPhone app on an public Amazon S3 storage bucket on Thursday, despite a warning on the page that the app is “not to be shared with the public.”

The page asks users to “open this page on your iPhone” to install and approve the company’s enterprise certificate, allowing the app to run. But this, according to Apple’s policies, is prohibited if the app’s users are outside of Clearview AI’s organization.

Clearview just keeps getting sleazier and sleazier.