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ESRB Blasts Reports That It's Using Facial Recognition Technology to Verify Ages of Children - IGN (www.ign.com)

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[–] madis@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The parent may then be asked to consent to a scan of their face using a front-facing camera, which is then used to "accurately estimate the parent's age."

the only piece of information that is communicated to the company requesting [Verifiable Parental Consent] is a 'Yes' or 'No' determination as to whether the person is over the age of 25.

So that's settled, people under the age of 25 can no longer have children.

[–] exohuman@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sounds so dystopian and completely unnecessary. What’s the point of a facial age estimate if you are asking them to put their age or DOB in to begin with? It’s pointless.

[–] giloronfoo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed.

Probably to make it harder to lie.