Topic: age verification methods
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Xbox UK Rolls Out Age Verification, Blocks Social Features for Kids
Microsoft has introduced age verification for UK Xbox users, requiring those 18+ to confirm identity via facial analysis, ID, credit card, or mobile authentication to access social features. Starting in early 2024, unverified UK accounts will lose access to voice chat, messaging, and multiplayer ...
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YouTube Expands AI Age Verification to More Users
YouTube is expanding AI-powered age verification to restrict underage access to mature content, causing frustration among some users due to its intrusiveness. Users flagged as potentially under 18 must verify their age via ID, selfie, or credit card or accept account limitations like blocked age-...
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Google Uses AI to Predict Your Age Across All Platforms
Google is introducing an AI-based age estimation system using YouTube data, requiring age verification via documentation or facial recognition if users are incorrectly flagged as under 18. The system enforces restrictions like YouTube’s Digital Wellbeing features and blocks mature content to crea...
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The VPN Panic Is Just Beginning
The UK's Online Safety Act implementation has caused a dramatic surge in VPN usage as residents use them to bypass new mandatory age verification requirements for online content. Government officials and the Children's Commissioner have identified VPNs as a major loophole undermining the child pr...
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