Get the latest tech news
Age estimation tech faces an uphill battle in Australia
Age assurance technology vendors are facing an uphill battle convincing the government, young social media users and their parents that their products work.
“We strongly disagree with Ofcom that facial age estimation (FAE) does not work very well for children, a claim they have not substantiated with any scientific evidence,” says Robin Tombs, Yoti co-founder and CEO, in a LinkedIn post published last week. Earlier this month, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant and Robert French, the former chief justice of the High Court of Australia published a legal examination on banning children’s access to social media through the planned Online Safety Act 2021. Meanwhile, Michelle Rowland, Australia’s minister for communications has noted that using official documents such as a birth certificate or the government digital ID system may not be appropriate for checking the age of social media users due to privacy and security concerns.
Or read this on r/technology