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US government blocks "age estimation" technology that would have analysed faces
The US Federal Trade Commission has blocked plans to introduce "privacy-protective facial age estimation" technology, w…
An application to use the technology had been submitted in July last year by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), UK-based identity software firm Yoti, and youth marketing company SuperAwesome - previously part of Fortnite maker Epic Games. In a statement shared with Eurogamer last year, the ESRB said the technology had been designed to be used by adults seeking to give parental permissions, rather than children thmselves. "Furthermore, this application makes no mention of using age estimation to prevent children from purchasing and/or downloading restrictively rated video games, nor do we intend to recommend its use in that way."
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