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Instagram is Testing Out a Trial in Which It Scans Users' Faces for Proof They are Over 18 Years Old

posted by hubie on Monday June 27 2022, @07:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-see-any-way-this-can-go-wrong dept.

upstart writes:

Instagram is testing out a trial in which it scans users' faces for proof they are over 18 years old:

The company announced the trial, which began on 23 June and is currently only being rolled out in the US, in a blog post. The trial is focused on users who try to change their age on the app from under 18 to over 18. Those users have three ways to verify their age: upload a photo of their ID, ask three mutual friends verify their age, or record a video selfie.

If a user selects the video selfie method, Instagram passes the videos to a London-based identity-verification startup, Yoti. Yoti will scan the user's facial features in the videos to confirm their ages, the company said.

Both Yoti and Instagram will delete the data once they've verified the user's age, per the announcement. The London startup's algorithm only verifies the user's age and not their identity, Instagram wrote, quoting a whitepaper from Yoti.

[...] If a user chooses to submit a photo of their ID to confirm their age, the image will be deleted after 30 days, the company said.

You can try the Yoti Demo yourself (the company pinky-swears they delete any data you share with them).

See also: Instagram is testing an AI tool that verifies your age by scanning your face

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2022, @08:53PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2022, @08:53PM (#1256585)

    Wow! That's an impressive AI indeed! Imagine! An AI that can look at a picture of you taken the day before your 18th birthday and know that you are legally a minor, and look at another picture taken the next day and know that you are legally an adult. Just by looking at the age of your face, without ever actually identifying you!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2022, @10:22PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2022, @10:22PM (#1256595)

    Let's feed it a picture of Cher, or Dolly Parton -- see what it predicts about some one who has had a lot of work done.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @02:05AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @02:05AM (#1256623)

      Those wouldn't get past the "are you a robot" check.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Dr Spin on Tuesday June 28 2022, @05:54PM

        by Dr Spin (5239) on Tuesday June 28 2022, @05:54PM (#1256728)

        I can't get past the "Are you a robot" test. Its so annoying, I am thinking of becoming a robot.

        Well, if people can get sex changes, why not?

        --
        Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by NateMich on Tuesday June 28 2022, @02:48AM

      by NateMich (6662) on Tuesday June 28 2022, @02:48AM (#1256632)

      see what it predicts about some one who has had a lot of work done.

      Mickey Rourke might be an interesting one.