ESRB pushes back on speculation around facial age estimation application
Recently, the ESRB and digital identity firm Yoti filed an application to the FTC. The application details a design for “Facial Age Estimation,” used to guess the age of users using the front-facing camera of a cell phone. Reports of this application soon followed, speculating that the ESRB might use this technology to scan children’s faces and verify their ages. However, the ESRB recently responded to these statements, saying it would not be used for this reason. Instead, the ratings board says this tech is going to be…