#ageassurance — Public Fediverse posts
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Age Verification Is Spreading Fast
Age checks are moving from adult sites to social platforms, consoles and apps, raising urgent questions about privacy, access and control online.https://beitmenotyou.online/age-verification-is-spreading-fast/
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Age Verification Is Spreading Fast
Age checks are moving from adult sites to social platforms, consoles and apps, raising urgent questions about privacy, access and control online.https://beitmenotyou.online/age-verification-is-spreading-fast/
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Thanks to Pirat_nation and Mr_T for sharing this.
A bill sponsored by State Senator Matt Ball and State Representative Amy Paschal (both Democrats) would require operating systems to provide "Age Attestation".
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051
Firstly, if I understand the bill correctly, the correct term is age-gating:
PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE INTERFACE AT ACCOUNT SETUP THAT REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT HOLDER TO INDICATE THE BIRTH DATE OR AGE OF THE USER OF THAT DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN AGE SIGNAL TO APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN A COVERED APPLICATION STORE
Also known as self-declaration, age-gating means requiring users to self-declare their age or birth date before accessing a site.
Or in this case, when setting up an OS-level account.
Age assurance would also be an acceptable term, as it covers all forms of detecting a user's age.https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/to-read-this--please-upload-photo-id
As I understand it, it requires all operating systems to ask for their user's age when creating a new account. That age can then be accessed by applications on the device, who are required to use it unless they have evidence the user is a different age. Applications are forbidden from sharing this information with a third party for purposes other than age assurance.
Any OS-level account created before 1 January 2028 is required to verify its user's age before 1 July 2028.Violations may be punished with up to $2,500 in civil fines, unless the violation was intentional, in which case the fine is up to $7,500.
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Thanks to Pirat_nation and Mr_T for sharing this.
A bill sponsored by State Senator Matt Ball and State Representative Amy Paschal (both Democrats) would require operating systems to provide "Age Attestation".
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051
Firstly, if I understand the bill correctly, the correct term is age-gating:
PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE INTERFACE AT ACCOUNT SETUP THAT REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT HOLDER TO INDICATE THE BIRTH DATE OR AGE OF THE USER OF THAT DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN AGE SIGNAL TO APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN A COVERED APPLICATION STORE
Also known as self-declaration, age-gating means requiring users to self-declare their age or birth date before accessing a site.
Or in this case, when setting up an OS-level account.
Age assurance would also be an acceptable term, as it covers all forms of detecting a user's age.https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/to-read-this--please-upload-photo-id
As I understand it, it requires all operating systems to ask for their user's age when creating a new account. That age can then be accessed by applications on the device, who are required to use it unless they have evidence the user is a different age. Applications are forbidden from sharing this information with a third party for purposes other than age assurance.
Any OS-level account created before 1 January 2028 is required to verify its user's age before 1 July 2028.Violations may be punished with up to $2,500 in civil fines, unless the violation was intentional, in which case the fine is up to $7,500.
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Thanks to Pirat_nation and Mr_T for sharing this.
A bill sponsored by State Senator Matt Ball and State Representative Amy Paschal (both Democrats) would require operating systems to provide "Age Attestation".
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051
Firstly, if I understand the bill correctly, the correct term is age-gating:
PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE INTERFACE AT ACCOUNT SETUP THAT REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT HOLDER TO INDICATE THE BIRTH DATE OR AGE OF THE USER OF THAT DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN AGE SIGNAL TO APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN A COVERED APPLICATION STORE
Also known as self-declaration, age-gating means requiring users to self-declare their age or birth date before accessing a site.
Or in this case, when setting up an OS-level account.
Age assurance would also be an acceptable term, as it covers all forms of detecting a user's age.https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/to-read-this--please-upload-photo-id
As I understand it, it requires all operating systems to ask for their user's age when creating a new account. That age can then be accessed by applications on the device, who are required to use it unless they have evidence the user is a different age. Applications are forbidden from sharing this information with a third party for purposes other than age assurance.
Any OS-level account created before 1 January 2028 is required to verify its user's age before 1 July 2028.Violations may be punished with up to $2,500 in civil fines, unless the violation was intentional, in which case the fine is up to $7,500.
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Thanks to Pirat_nation and Mr_T for sharing this.
A bill sponsored by State Senator Matt Ball and State Representative Amy Paschal (both Democrats) would require operating systems to provide "Age Attestation".
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051
Firstly, if I understand the bill correctly, the correct term is age-gating:
PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE INTERFACE AT ACCOUNT SETUP THAT REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT HOLDER TO INDICATE THE BIRTH DATE OR AGE OF THE USER OF THAT DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN AGE SIGNAL TO APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN A COVERED APPLICATION STORE
Also known as self-declaration, age-gating means requiring users to self-declare their age or birth date before accessing a site.
Or in this case, when setting up an OS-level account.
Age assurance would also be an acceptable term, as it covers all forms of detecting a user's age.https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/to-read-this--please-upload-photo-id
As I understand it, it requires all operating systems to ask for their user's age when creating a new account. That age can then be accessed by applications on the device, who are required to use it unless they have evidence the user is a different age. Applications are forbidden from sharing this information with a third party for purposes other than age assurance.
Any OS-level account created before 1 January 2028 is required to verify its user's age before 1 July 2028.Violations may be punished with up to $2,500 in civil fines, unless the violation was intentional, in which case the fine is up to $7,500.
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Starting in March 2026, Discord is rolling out "teen-by-default" safety settings and advanced age assurance systems globally.
More details here: https://ostechnix.com/discord-global-teen-safety-rollout/
#Discord #TeenSafety #AgeAssurance #AgeInference #Socialmedia #AI #Policy
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
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"If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like the same thing. Age verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating—they get thrown around interchangeably, but they technically mean different things. And those differences matter a lot when we're talking about your rights, your privacy, your data, and who gets to access information online.
So let's clear up the confusion. Here's your guide to the terminology that's shaping these laws, and why you should care about the distinctions."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/age-verification-estimation-assurance-oh-my-guide-terminology
#AgeVerification #AgeGating #AgeAssurance #Privacy #Censorship #DigitalRights
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The global #onlinesafety movement, driven by legislation like the #UK’s Online Safety Act and the #US Kids Online Safety Act, is pushing #tech to implement #ageassurance systems. This has led to a surge in #AIpowered #ageverification technology, with companies like #Yoti leading the way. However, concerns about #privacy infringements and #databreaches remain. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/30/global-movement-to-protect-kids-online-fuels-a-wave-of-ai-safety-tech.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The global #onlinesafety movement, driven by legislation like the #UK’s Online Safety Act and the #US Kids Online Safety Act, is pushing #tech to implement #ageassurance systems. This has led to a surge in #AIpowered #ageverification technology, with companies like #Yoti leading the way. However, concerns about #privacy infringements and #databreaches remain. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/30/global-movement-to-protect-kids-online-fuels-a-wave-of-ai-safety-tech.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The global #onlinesafety movement, driven by legislation like the #UK’s Online Safety Act and the #US Kids Online Safety Act, is pushing #tech to implement #ageassurance systems. This has led to a surge in #AIpowered #ageverification technology, with companies like #Yoti leading the way. However, concerns about #privacy infringements and #databreaches remain. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/30/global-movement-to-protect-kids-online-fuels-a-wave-of-ai-safety-tech.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The global #onlinesafety movement, driven by legislation like the #UK’s Online Safety Act and the #US Kids Online Safety Act, is pushing #tech to implement #ageassurance systems. This has led to a surge in #AIpowered #ageverification technology, with companies like #Yoti leading the way. However, concerns about #privacy infringements and #databreaches remain. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/30/global-movement-to-protect-kids-online-fuels-a-wave-of-ai-safety-tech.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The global #onlinesafety movement, driven by legislation like the #UK’s Online Safety Act and the #US Kids Online Safety Act, is pushing #tech to implement #ageassurance systems. This has led to a surge in #AIpowered #ageverification technology, with companies like #Yoti leading the way. However, concerns about #privacy infringements and #databreaches remain. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/30/global-movement-to-protect-kids-online-fuels-a-wave-of-ai-safety-tech.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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🚀🎭 #Bluesky responds to Mississippi's Age Assurance Law by touting their "investments" in #moderation tools—because nothing says "we care" like algorithms pretending to babysit your kids. Meanwhile, they aim to "empower users," assuming those users are old enough to read their endless blog posts without parental guidance. 👶💻
https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126 #AgeAssurance #Mississippi #Tools #UserEmpowerment #DigitalSafety #HackerNews #ngated -
The UK Online Safety Act has hit the fan 💩
It's clear to see in the overreaching censorship across platforms due to age-gated content.
Plus the privacy risks being stored up with an unregulated age verification industry.
Tell your MP it's gone too far ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #privacy #freedomofexpression #OSA #ukpol #ukpolitics #censorship #agegate #ageverification #ageassurance
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ORG warned of the dangers and pitfalls contained in the UK Online Safety Bill.
We call for a rights-based approach. One that limits the scope of the OSA to minimise threats to free expression and regulates the age verification industry.
Here’s how ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #agegating #censorship #osa
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The UK Online Safety Act is a badly designed, overblown piece of legislation.
Age verification was plonked in without a care for how it was regulated or its excessive reach.
From Reddit to Spotify, UK users are faced with a Faustian bargain: surrender privacy for free expression.
It’s a disaster.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #agegating #censorship #osa
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Stand and deliver. Your data or your rights!
The UK Online Safety Act has created new opportunities for cyber criminals to scam and exploit people by building its house on sand.
The age assurance industry must be regulated now!
Sign our open letter ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/sign-open-letter-dsit-regulating-age-assurance
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #agegating #censorship
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It’s not just that UK users have to face age verification checks with multiple uncertified providers.
People are being forced to open up accounts on the particular platform they’re trying to access at the same time.
The UK Online Safety Act has stimulated a data mining industry for the benefit of commercial interests.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #agegating #censorship
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Australia: “Teen social media trial isn’t testing some ways kids will get around the [social media age verification] ban” | @crikey_news
AV: “here’s how we protect children, sign here!”
Australia: “Awesome! <pays money>”
AV: “…aaaaand here’s what we *won’t* do…”
Australia: “…um, wait, what?”
Age Verification is a grift.
Separate, but linked, was a $6.5 million trial commissioned by the government to investigate how a social media minimum age could be enforced. Its findings would inform the “reasonable steps” established by the government that social media companies would have to take when gauging a user’s age in order to enforce the teen social media ban.
The Age Assurance Technology Trial’s winning tenderer was a coalition led by UK company Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS). The coalition would be responsible for assessing “age assurance technologies” — like digital ID, facial analysis and other novel methods of figuring out someone’s age online — for “effectiveness, maturity, and readiness for use in the Australian context”, and publishing a report on its findings.
The ACCS project plan, written in November before the law was passed or the tender was publicly awarded, said the group would test the technologies for detecting fake documents, deepfaked video and other security exploits.
Several months later, after the law had been passed and the tender awarded, the ACCS published an evaluation proposal plan that laid out which “circumvention” methods would and wouldn’t be tested.
Continues. Go read at:
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/20/teen-social-media-ban-trial-all-methods-vpns-parents-help/
#ageAssurance #ageEstimation #ageVerification #australia #censorship #socialMediaBan
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Australia: “Teen social media trial isn’t testing some ways kids will get around the [social media age verification] ban” | @crikey_news
AV: “here’s how we protect children, sign here!”
Australia: “Awesome! <pays money>”
AV: “…aaaaand here’s what we *won’t* do…”
Australia: “…um, wait, what?”
Age Verification is a grift.
Separate, but linked, was a $6.5 million trial commissioned by the government to investigate how a social media minimum age could be enforced. Its findings would inform the “reasonable steps” established by the government that social media companies would have to take when gauging a user’s age in order to enforce the teen social media ban.
The Age Assurance Technology Trial’s winning tenderer was a coalition led by UK company Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS). The coalition would be responsible for assessing “age assurance technologies” — like digital ID, facial analysis and other novel methods of figuring out someone’s age online — for “effectiveness, maturity, and readiness for use in the Australian context”, and publishing a report on its findings.
The ACCS project plan, written in November before the law was passed or the tender was publicly awarded, said the group would test the technologies for detecting fake documents, deepfaked video and other security exploits.
Several months later, after the law had been passed and the tender awarded, the ACCS published an evaluation proposal plan that laid out which “circumvention” methods would and wouldn’t be tested.
Continues. Go read at:
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/20/teen-social-media-ban-trial-all-methods-vpns-parents-help/
#ageAssurance #ageEstimation #ageVerification #australia #censorship #socialMediaBan
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Australia: “Teen social media trial isn’t testing some ways kids will get around the [social media age verification] ban” | @crikey_news
AV: “here’s how we protect children, sign here!”
Australia: “Awesome! <pays money>”
AV: “…aaaaand here’s what we *won’t* do…”
Australia: “…um, wait, what?”
Age Verification is a grift.
Separate, but linked, was a $6.5 million trial commissioned by the government to investigate how a social media minimum age could be enforced. Its findings would inform the “reasonable steps” established by the government that social media companies would have to take when gauging a user’s age in order to enforce the teen social media ban.
The Age Assurance Technology Trial’s winning tenderer was a coalition led by UK company Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS). The coalition would be responsible for assessing “age assurance technologies” — like digital ID, facial analysis and other novel methods of figuring out someone’s age online — for “effectiveness, maturity, and readiness for use in the Australian context”, and publishing a report on its findings.
The ACCS project plan, written in November before the law was passed or the tender was publicly awarded, said the group would test the technologies for detecting fake documents, deepfaked video and other security exploits.
Several months later, after the law had been passed and the tender awarded, the ACCS published an evaluation proposal plan that laid out which “circumvention” methods would and wouldn’t be tested.
Continues. Go read at:
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/20/teen-social-media-ban-trial-all-methods-vpns-parents-help/
#ageAssurance #ageEstimation #ageVerification #australia #censorship #socialMediaBan
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Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates | Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Eric Goldman on fire, again:
I hold uncompromising views on this topic. For reasons I explain in 63 anguished and tear-stained pages, I am a categorical “no” on all online age authentication mandates. To me…
To me, it doesn’t matter what the laws are called, how the authentication duties are styled, what sales hooks the vendors use to obfuscate their solutions’ deficiencies, or what hypothetical fantasy outcomes policymakers think will materialize if the technologists just “nerd harder”–I oppose them all.
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Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates | Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Eric Goldman on fire, again:
I hold uncompromising views on this topic. For reasons I explain in 63 anguished and tear-stained pages, I am a categorical “no” on all online age authentication mandates. To me…
To me, it doesn’t matter what the laws are called, how the authentication duties are styled, what sales hooks the vendors use to obfuscate their solutions’ deficiencies, or what hypothetical fantasy outcomes policymakers think will materialize if the technologists just “nerd harder”–I oppose them all.
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Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates | Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Eric Goldman on fire, again:
I hold uncompromising views on this topic. For reasons I explain in 63 anguished and tear-stained pages, I am a categorical “no” on all online age authentication mandates. To me…
To me, it doesn’t matter what the laws are called, how the authentication duties are styled, what sales hooks the vendors use to obfuscate their solutions’ deficiencies, or what hypothetical fantasy outcomes policymakers think will materialize if the technologists just “nerd harder”–I oppose them all.
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»Judge allows #California's #ban on #addictivefeeds for #minors to go into effect: From 2027 onward, companies will be required to use “#ageassurance techniques,” like #ageestimation models.« https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/31/judge-allows-californias-ban-on-addictive-feeds-for-minors-to-go-into-effect/?eicker.news #tech #media
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»Judge allows #California's #ban on #addictivefeeds for #minors to go into effect: From 2027 onward, companies will be required to use “#ageassurance techniques,” like #ageestimation models.« https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/31/judge-allows-californias-ban-on-addictive-feeds-for-minors-to-go-into-effect/?eicker.news #tech #media
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»Judge allows #California's #ban on #addictivefeeds for #minors to go into effect: From 2027 onward, companies will be required to use “#ageassurance techniques,” like #ageestimation models.« https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/31/judge-allows-californias-ban-on-addictive-feeds-for-minors-to-go-into-effect/?eicker.news #tech #media
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UK Data Privacy Watchdog Targets Social Media for Children’s Privacy Violations https://thecyberexpress.com/uk-targets-social-media-for-childrens-privacy/ #videosharingplatforms #socialmediaplatforms #targetedadvertising #TheCyberExpressNews #CybersecurityNews #Childrensprivacy #CyberEssentials #TheCyberExpress #dataprotection #FirewallDaily #childrenscode #ageassurance #OnlineSafety #Regulations #Compliance #Privacy
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Perhaps the upside of age verification will be the exclusion of the 70+ demographic from politics?
This is satire, part of a series, and it is exceptionally well done:
Spotify "age cap" means you can't listen to some artists if ur too old pic.twitter.com/ghMo1wmlDG
— Soren Iverson (@soren_iverson) April 24, 2024
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US FTC (temporarily) declines to approve “Age Estimation” as a proxy for parental consent; @GetYoti “disappointed”
Various peers are reporting, even crowing about this as a “take the win”-kind of victory, but I am not going to celebrate yet: reading between the lines, the FTC has basically kicked the ball of approving AI-based “Age Estimation” technologies for use in the USA into the long grass, awaiting a likely positive report from NIST:
The Federal Trade Commission has denied an application, without prejudice, by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome for Commission approval of a new mechanism for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule).
The applicants in 2023 requested approval for the use of “Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation” technology, which analyzes the geometry of a user’s face to confirm that they are an adult.
Under the COPPA Rule, online sites and services directed to children under 13, and those that have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from children under 13, must obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from a child. The rule lays out a number of acceptable methods for gaining parental consent but also includes a provision allowing interested parties to submit new verifiable parental consent methods to the Commission for approval.
I’ll be frank: I do not like Yoti and their peers — and I have met them up close one or two times — mostly on the general principle that they are attempting to insert themselves into online transactions and communication stacks as convenient compliance-obligated “middlemen” … where I aver that the burden of knowing your customer or client should be an aspect of the client/server relationship, be performed only on a business-need-to-apply basis, and not be outsourced.
Also: having been on the receiving end of “if the data could be used to identify someone then it is personally identifying data” PII-related legal arguments, it seems bizarre to me that Yoti’s whole pitch is that “we process pictures of your face, but that’s okay because we never give them to anyone so it could never be used to identify you.”
It all strikes me as one of those “I smoked, but didn’t inhale” positions.
Between the Yoti CEO complaining that the FTC should have waited for a report from NIST, and the precise details of use cases like “parental consent” which scream of upcoming legal nitpicking, this is not one to celebrate. Not yet, at any rate.
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US FTC (temporarily) declines to approve “Age Estimation” as a proxy for parental consent; @GetYoti “disappointed”
Various peers are reporting, even crowing about this as a “take the win”-kind of victory, but I am not going to celebrate yet: reading between the lines, the FTC has basically kicked the ball of approving AI-based “Age Estimation” technologies for use in the USA into the long grass, awaiting a likely positive report from NIST:
The Federal Trade Commission has denied an application, without prejudice, by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome for Commission approval of a new mechanism for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule).
The applicants in 2023 requested approval for the use of “Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation” technology, which analyzes the geometry of a user’s face to confirm that they are an adult.
Under the COPPA Rule, online sites and services directed to children under 13, and those that have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from children under 13, must obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from a child. The rule lays out a number of acceptable methods for gaining parental consent but also includes a provision allowing interested parties to submit new verifiable parental consent methods to the Commission for approval.
I’ll be frank: I do not like Yoti and their peers — and I have met them up close one or two times — mostly on the general principle that they are attempting to insert themselves into online transactions and communication stacks as convenient compliance-obligated “middlemen” … where I aver that the burden of knowing your customer or client should be an aspect of the client/server relationship, be performed only on a business-need-to-apply basis, and not be outsourced.
Also: having been on the receiving end of “if the data could be used to identify someone then it is personally identifying data” PII-related legal arguments, it seems bizarre to me that Yoti’s whole pitch is that “we process pictures of your face, but that’s okay because we never give them to anyone so it could never be used to identify you.”
It all strikes me as one of those “I smoked, but didn’t inhale” positions.
Between the Yoti CEO complaining that the FTC should have waited for a report from NIST, and the precise details of use cases like “parental consent” which scream of upcoming legal nitpicking, this is not one to celebrate. Not yet, at any rate.
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US FTC (temporarily) declines to approve “Age Estimation” as a proxy for parental consent; @GetYoti “disappointed”
Various peers are reporting, even crowing about this as a “take the win”-kind of victory, but I am not going to celebrate yet: reading between the lines, the FTC has basically kicked the ball of approving AI-based “Age Estimation” technologies for use in the USA into the long grass, awaiting a likely positive report from NIST:
The Federal Trade Commission has denied an application, without prejudice, by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome for Commission approval of a new mechanism for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule).
The applicants in 2023 requested approval for the use of “Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation” technology, which analyzes the geometry of a user’s face to confirm that they are an adult.
Under the COPPA Rule, online sites and services directed to children under 13, and those that have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from children under 13, must obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from a child. The rule lays out a number of acceptable methods for gaining parental consent but also includes a provision allowing interested parties to submit new verifiable parental consent methods to the Commission for approval.
I’ll be frank: I do not like Yoti and their peers — and I have met them up close one or two times — mostly on the general principle that they are attempting to insert themselves into online transactions and communication stacks as convenient compliance-obligated “middlemen” … where I aver that the burden of knowing your customer or client should be an aspect of the client/server relationship, be performed only on a business-need-to-apply basis, and not be outsourced.
Also: having been on the receiving end of “if the data could be used to identify someone then it is personally identifying data” PII-related legal arguments, it seems bizarre to me that Yoti’s whole pitch is that “we process pictures of your face, but that’s okay because we never give them to anyone so it could never be used to identify you.”
It all strikes me as one of those “I smoked, but didn’t inhale” positions.
Between the Yoti CEO complaining that the FTC should have waited for a report from NIST, and the precise details of use cases like “parental consent” which scream of upcoming legal nitpicking, this is not one to celebrate. Not yet, at any rate.
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Shoshana Weissmann on Twitter: “…a new [US] age verification [proposal] would force platforms to maintain databases of parents’ / children’s government IDs, face scans etc… until the child turns 18. ENORMOUS cyber risk. Age verification forces cyber risk already and this makes it worse”
We’ve been saying that this would be a consequence since 2016 and nobody has been listening:
HOLY HELL a new age verification would force platforms to maintain databases of parents'/children's government IDs, face scans etc etc until the child turns 18. ENORMOUS cyber risk. Age verification forces cyber risk already and this makes it worse https://t.co/NDI2OChlXH pic.twitter.com/iNt9SRWxlu
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) March 26, 2024
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“Over the past day, searches for ‘Texas VPN’ increased by 1,750% … Searches for ‘Is porn banned in Texas’ showed a 3,100% increase [&] a 1,600% increase in search trends for ‘How to access Pornhub'”
"Over the past day, searches for 'Texas VPN' increased by 1,750%, according to the data collected. Searches for 'Is porn banned in Texas' showed a 3,100% increase, as well as a 1,600% increase in search trends for 'How to access Pornhub.'"https://t.co/f2SJAPo3d6
— Mike Stabile (@mikestabile) March 16, 2024
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109408
#ageAssurance #ageEstimation #ageVerification #censorship #Porn #Texas
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“Wow. Pornhub shut down in Texas. Redtube also. I’m thinking Texas lawmakers will reverse course real quick lol” | Reddit
SO MUCH DISCUSSION OF VPNS
https://www.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/1benr92/wow_pornhub_shut_down_in_texas_redtube_also_im/
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109377
#ageAssurance #ageEstimation #ageVerification #censorship #Porn #Texas
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As Predicted: Scammers Are Now Scanning Faces To Defeat Biometric Security Measures | Techdirt
Cool cool, nothing could possibly go wrong in now requiring more and more people to normalize the idea of scanning your face to access a website. Nothing at all.
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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students | …I wonder if @getyoti are watching the public reaction to this?
Several “age verification” / “age assurance” providers use facial recognition & assessment tech (including AI) to guess how old you are; they claim that this is not “processing personal data” because they promise the data is never linked to an individual.
It appears that the general public don’t believe nor care about that nuance, at least regarding similar vending machines:
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Shoshana Weissmann: Carding People for Joining Social Media Solves Nothing
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