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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Coje_He for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, July 30 (Xinhua)-- the Entertainment Software rating Committee (ERSB) has issued a proposal that minors under the age of 13 need to use facial recognition to obtain parents' consent when playing games, in order to prevent children from evading parental control, foreign media eurogamer reported.

In the United States and Canada, games and services must obtain parental consent to collect personal information on children under the age of 13. The new technology is called "privacy-protected facial age measurement" by ERSB, and players or users under the age of 13 who want to sign up for the new service will be prompted to provide their parents'e-mail addresses for information. Parents will then receive an email and can choose to allow their child to create an account.

The user will be asked to submit a selfie and compared with the facial measurement database, and the user will receive a "yes / no" option based on the age determined by the system. The system only allows users to submit real-time photos to prevent children from evading age by submitting static photos of their parents. ESRB recommends setting the age threshold at 25 to prevent teenagers or older children from impersonating their parents.

CTOnews.com noted that ESRB clarified its position after the posting by foreign media, stressing that the technology was not intended to use facial recognition and age estimation to "prevent children from buying and / or downloading restricted-level video games" and that the technology would not "take and store children's' selfies'or attempt to confirm the identity of users.

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