{"id":1982174,"date":"2023-07-25T12:48:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-game-regulator-proposes-scanning-faces-to-enforce-age-limits\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:50:31","slug":"video-game-regulator-proposes-scanning-faces-to-enforce-age-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-game-regulator-proposes-scanning-faces-to-enforce-age-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming regulator suggests facial scanning for age restrictions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-game-regulator-proposes-scanning-faces-to-enforce-age-limits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Entertainment Software Rating Board Proposes Facial \u200dRecognition Software for \u200bAge Verification<\/h2>\n<p>The Entertainment Software\u2064 Rating Board (ESRB), the \u200dorganization responsible for rating video games based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chelsea-clinton-dragged-for-defending-sexually-explicit-books-for-kids\/\" title=\"Chelsea Clinton Dragged For Defending Sexually Explicit Books For Kids\">age appropriateness<\/a>, has put forward an intriguing proposal to the Federal\u200d Trade \u2064Commission. They are seeking permission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-game-regulator-proposes-scanning-faces-to-enforce-age-limits\/\" title=\"Gaming regulator suggests facial scanning for age restrictions.\">utilize facial recognition software<\/a> as a means of determining whether a buyer \u200dis old enough to purchase adult video games.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Privacy-Protected Facial Age Estimation Software<\/h3>\n<p>The ESRB&#8217;s proposal \u200bintroduces the concept of Privacy-Protected Facial Age\u2063 Estimation \u200bsoftware. This innovative technology would enable parents to\u2064 provide input on whether their teenager or child should be\u2064 allowed to buy certain \u2064games. However, this proposal is bound\u200b to \u2063capture\u200c the attention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-announces-end-to-ad-selling-based-on-individual-web-browsing\/\" title=\"Google Announces End To Ad-Selling Based On Individual Web Browsing\">privacy advocates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The process would involve users taking a photo of themselves, which \u200dwould then be analyzed by the software. It \u2063would first\u2063 check for the presence of a live face in the frame before uploading the image to a server for age\u200b estimation.<\/p>\n<p>The software&#8217;s\u2062 developer,\u200d Yoti, assures \u2062that\u200d no analyzed images would be \u2063stored,\u200c emphasizing that all\u200c submitted data would be immediately and permanently deleted,\u2063 with\u2063 no usage\u200b for training purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In their\u200d proposal, Yoti also asserts that the software poses no significant risks to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-school-board-upholds-policy-of-keeping-secrets-from-parents\/\" title=\"California School Board Upholds Policy of Keeping Secrets From Parents\">parental privacy<\/a> or \u200callegations of bias.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;To the extent that there is any\u2063 risk, it \u2064is easily outweighed by the benefits to consumers \u200dand businesses\u2063 of using this Facial Age\u2063 Estimation method,&#8221; the proposal argues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Facial recognition technology\u2062 has increasingly become a vital\u2063 component of modern-day security measures. It is already employed in stores to combat crime and streamline processes at airports. However, some experts caution against potential biases and discrimination inherent in the software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has suggested employing facial recognition technology to verify the age of individuals purchasing mature video games. This self-regulatory organization, responsible for assigning age ratings to games, has submitted a proposal to the Federal Trade Commission seeking permission for this implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}