As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in efficiency and price. Here are the details.
To block accounts of the youngest users, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and others rely on technology companies specialised in estimating the user’s age. Players like the British firm Yoti, the Singaporean k-ID or the American Persona offer automated verification using facial recognition, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and computer vision for identity document analysis.
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Morgane Monteiro
Journalist
Journaliste économique pour mind Retail depuis 2024, j’analyse la transformation digitale du commerce.