“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
Comment on FTC is seeking public comments on an ESRB proposal to use facial recognition for COPPA verification.
Carighan@lemmy.world 1 year agoFrom 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.
kapx132@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
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.
Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
Carighan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Of course, and it’s difficult to do this well ,which is why it stalled so far. At least some thought is given to privacy over here, so there’d need to be a way to say “This person here, this person is >18”. But not know the person or the actual age. Which is doable, it’s just not easy, especially because the service has to be ~100% reliable.