Ars TechnicaUnproven AI face scans may estimate age for porn access in UK
UK expects to finalize its latest plan to age-gate the Internet in early 2025.
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"Only technology that Ofcom "currently" considers "highly effective" will be allowed now. That includes five relatively commonly used age checks, like requiring users to share a photo ID, banking information, credit card information, digital ID wallets, or mobile network operator age verification. But it also includes a less common and untested option, "facial age estimation," which Ofcom describes as analyzing "the features of a user’s face" to "estimate their age.""
"Only technology that Ofcom "currently" considers "highly effective" will be allowed now. That includes five relatively commonly used age checks, like requiring users to share a photo ID, banking information, credit card information, digital ID wallets, or mobile network operator age verification. But it also includes a less common and untested option, "facial age estimation," which Ofcom describes as analyzing "the features of a user’s face" to "estimate their age.""