Tech your username May 3, 2021 On Friday in the Northern District of Illinois, Clearview AI opposed the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction in a biometrics lawsuit against the facial recognition company. The plaintiffs moved for a preliminary injunction against Clearview AI, alleging that it surreptitiously scraped and obtained the plaintiffs’ and class members’ photographs and harvested their biometrics to use in the company’s searchable facial recognition database in violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act and failed to adequately remedy this conduct on its own. As part of the motion, the plaintiffs sought to enjoin Clearview AI and the named defendants from continuing its purportedly unlawful conduct, including stopping the defendants from possessing, using, and storing the unlawfully collected biometrics; collecting the biometrics without notifying individuals or asking permission; and selling or profiting from peoples’ biometrics without consent. The plaintiffs asserted that while the defendants stated that they are “self-reformed,” this is not accurate, pointing to alleged contradictions with statements and company conduct.