Image Recognition
The ESRB, the organization responsible for rating video games and entertainment software in the United States and Canada, has proposed to the Federal Trade Commission of the United States to implement technology to estimate the age of players using a facial age recognition system. The system was developed in collaboration with the ESRB, Yoti, a digital identity company that is a “daughter” of Epic Games, and SuperAwesome. The ESRB’s proposal states that such a system would accurately determine a person’s age and protect their privacy. Regarding security, especially the security of minors, the proposal states that once used for age determination, “images are immediately, permanently deleted, and not used by Yoti for training purposes.” The document states that facial age estimation poses no significant risk to parental privacy or potential user bias. Since 1994, the ESRB has assigned an age rating to all games released in the United States.