Can AI determine a child’s age? The legal questions behind the Home Office's use of Facial Age Estimation
Shalini Patel and Omid Golahmadi examine how the proposed AI age assessment technology would work, the legal framework surrounding age assessments, and the challenges that Facial Age Estimation may present within the UK's existing safeguarding system.
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Can AI determine a child’s age? The legal questions behind the Home Office's use of Facial Age Estimation
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Naomi De Silva analyses one of the most significant changes to civil limitation law in a generation, removing the three-year limitation period for civil personal injury claims arising from child sexual abuse in England and Wales.
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