VKontakte pictures

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VKontakte pictures
"Global" Information Certainty Documented
Events
Dataset Category Facial Images
URL https://vk.com/
Keywords
Related Technology FindFace
Owning institution VK Company Ltd.
Custodian institution
Custodian institution
has funding
has images
has individuals
runs database software
runs search software
Dataset full name Pictures of users from VKontakte
Dataset Category Civilian Registry
Country Russia


Type: Civilian Registry


Technical information:

Full namePictures of users from VKontakte
CountryRussia
ContentsFacial Images
Images
Individuals
Runs database software
URL"URL" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent URI/URL values.https://vk.com/
Related Technology

Developers and Users:

Developed byVK Company Ltd.
Owning institutionVK Company Ltd.
Custodian institution

Description[edit | ]

VKontakte.ru also known as vk.com is the largest and most popular social network in Russia. People upload their personal photographs there. These photographs represent a huge database and are claimed to be used for several facial recognition software.

The Clearview founder said his startup had more than 2 billion images from the Russian social media service VKontakte at its disposal, out of a database of over 10 billion photos total. 1

References

  1. ^  "Exclusive: Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war". (2022) <https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-ukraine-has-started-using-clearview-ais-facial-recognition-during-war-2022-03-13/> Accessed: 2022-07-09