"US Government and FTC Reject Biometric Age Estimation Technology Proposals"
The US Federal Trade Commission has blocked plans to introduce "privacy-protective facial age estimation" technology, which was designed to enforce the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA). The technology, submitted by the ESRB, Yoti, and SuperAwesome, aimed to determine a user's age without storing photographic imagery or using facial recognition algorithms. The FTC's decision to deny the application was unanimous, but without prejudice, leaving open the possibility for resubmission in the future.