Comment on FTC is seeking public comments on an ESRB proposal to use facial recognition for COPPA verification.
Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 11 months agoI 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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.
Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Agreed, and it’s just me I’m sure, but 18 is such an arbitrary number anyways. People all mature at different speeds and to limit someone who’s fine with that kind of content just because another person dislikes it by imposing a hard limit like a government id feels disingenuous, but I recognize a lot of people are going to disagree with me on that.
It’s a bit comedic, but I picture a scenario where a dad is trying to watch a movie with his kid and all of a sudden just before a scene where a quarter of a character’s boob is shown it stops and prompts him with a “Are you over 18? Please scan your face to continue.” And also would it even allow them if it also saw the kid there? Better yet take the kid out of the equation, it’s just an adult trying to watch an R rated movie or an M rated game.
Just some things to consider I guess.