Amid wave of kids' online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age
Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/amid-wave-of-kids-online-safety-laws-age-checking-tech-comes-of-age/articleshow/129333287.cms
A recent outcry over the spread of AI-generated child sexual images, as well as increased confidence in the capabilities of "age assurance" software that backers say can suss out a person's approximate age using facial analysis, parental approval, ID checks a…
For years, tech companies successfully resisted pressure from child safety advocates to do more to keep kids off their services, claiming technical limitations would make any attempt to restrict acce… [+8027 chars]