Video Game Industry Wants Selfies to Verify Age for Children’s Privacy Law Compliance
Key Points:
- Video game industry group requested FTC to approve a tool that uses selfies to verify a person’s age for compliance with children’s privacy law
- Current regulations require websites to get parental consent before collecting data from children under 13 years old
- The new tool aims to make age verification more efficient and less intrusive
- The technology uses artificial intelligence to analyze facial features and determine age with high accuracy
- The proposal faces criticism from privacy advocates who argue that it posits risks of data breaches and facial recognition abuse
Hot Take:
Who cares about the selfie game as long as you’re having fun, right? But seriously, the gaming industry has been grappling with the tricky issue of complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for years. The proposed age verification tool seems like a practical solution that would not only save time but also protect kids’ privacy. Although we get the privacy advocates’ point, it’s not like we’re dealing with the government here. It’s the FTC, and they’re probably too busy handling consumer complaints about faulty TikTok videos and deceptive skincare ads to go snooping around people’s selfies. Well, at least that’s our biased opinion.
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