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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed
Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/the-uk-will-scan-asylum-seekers-faces-for-age-checks-despite-knowing-the-tech-is-flawed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica it's not like the horrors of war, poverty, and almost every other reason a person would seek asylum doesn't age a person.
"This 11 year old child looks like a 44 year old terrorist."
@arstechnica fuck England and it's aristocracy.
#ukgovernment nit-picking, tinkering for a few votes AGAIN. No research, just pluck ideas from thin air.
@arstechnica This remains crazy. Is Nigel Farage still in charge? Boris likely learned his lesson.
I don't want the UK to become a satellite of what the states are going through. Who's buying the UK ... putin, chump?
I'm sorry and stop it! Argh.
@arstechnica This is so fucking weird.
These dystopic sci fi movies became real.
A note to Governments:
The scifi books were WARNINGS not a blueprint!
@arstechnica Well I haven't been to the UK since #brexit. And am actively avoiding UK webshops... so I'd say it's working. 😘 🫣
@arstechnica its not just about errors! its about bolstering uncompassionate notions of nationhood
@arstechnica Totally unacceptable.
@arstechnica They don’t care it doesn’t work. Arbitrary cruelty is the goal
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