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Hello, welcome to TechTent, where we put the top issues in tech under our virtual microscope.

No subject is too big, no question too stupid, especially if it's one of mine.

I'm Zoe Kleinman. I'm the BBC's Technology Editor. And this week on the show, we're talking about facial recognition, concerns about assault and harassment inside Mehta's VR platform Horizon Worlds, home robots and menstruation trackers.

First, the US-based facial recognition firm Clearview AI was slapped with a fine of over

$9 million by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office this week. Clearview AI has gathered

an epic database of 20 billion photographs of people from around the world, together with

information about who they are, and it's helped itself

to all of that from the internet where they're publicly available.

The UK says it's breached the country's data protection laws, and in addition to the

fine, has ordered Clearview to delete all data about UK residents.

Italy, France, Canada and Australia have taken similar action.

Clearview says it doesn't operate in Europe or the UK and so is not bound by their data laws.

But its entire database is used by various law enforcement agencies in several countries around the world

and Clearview says it helps in the fight against heinous crimes.

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