Comment on FTC is seeking public comments on an ESRB proposal to use facial recognition for COPPA verification.

Boinketh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  From what I understand, this is about COPPA consent.

  So it’d be that if a child <13y tries to access X, it’d require that a parent use a specific app to provide that facial recognition to verify them as “Oh yeah you’re 25y+ according to our AI so we believe you could actually be the parent”, and then click that they give consent. At least that’s how I understand the technology.

  What worries me is that they say that “Misjudgement by the AI based on skin tone or looks will not be a significant problem”. Which it historically has been with stuff like this. Just need a mother with small breasts that are in the video the AI sees and it’ll probably make her younger based on that fact.

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  • Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just dislike the government oversight on things done at home. I’m not one for politics typically, but I feel like it’s the parents’ duty to curate what their child sees and that should be that. I just don’t think that on top of that there should be a government verification for the parent. That’s more than a little ridiculous to me.

    Not to mention all the sort of privacy concerns that arise with a system like this.

    And it still doesn’t address the fact that kids can still just lie and say they’re +18 on a sign up page. I knew many people that did this growing up.

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    • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      COPPA is about restricting companies though, not parents.

      Though granted, I don’t see how we could do a version that isn’t also a hassle for the parent.

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      • Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        In Germany there are calls for a verifiable 18+ check, meaning via a reader app for the ID card or something

        There are so many companies salivating at the thought of having access to that info. Call me a little rude, but I think that parents should just be more aware of what their kids do/see online instead of just offloading the blame onto the website that host sensitive content.

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  • kapx132@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Misjudgement by the AI based on skin tone or looks will not be a significant problem”

    or people with genetical conditions such as down syndrome

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