Digital platforms are introducing new age verification systems to keep kids safer online … – Tubefilter

Twitch is the latest platform to roll out amped-up age verification systems and policies amid mounting concern over children’s safety online. YouTube recently introduced a system that will use machine learning to parse a user’s search and watch activity, and will automatically apply age restrictions if it believes a user is under 18. (If a user gets mistakenly flagged as a minor, they can prove their age by submitting a government-issued ID—a solution that’s drawn criticism from people like VTubers, who are worried their personal information will be leaked.) Meanwhile Roblox, facing several lawsuits from families of children who were abused and in some cases kidnapped by men who found them on its platform, introduced a system where users have to send in videos of their faces and sometimes government IDs to prove they’re age 17 or older. Users who haven’t verified their ages are not allowed in games or spaces that have “private” locations like bedrooms and bathrooms, nor virtual bars or clubs. Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top Stories Subscribe Twitch’s new system requires users to submit a live scan of their face when they sign in; it uses facial recognition tech to judge the person’s age based on
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