Australian government wants to link facial recognition to watching porn… what could go wrong?!

The Australian government is considering introducing facial recognition technology to verify people’s identities before they can watch porn. The crackdown, proposed by the Department of Home Affairs, could be introduced to ensure under-18s can’t access porn. Current law in Australia does not prohibit minors from viewing online pornography, but if enforced, the proposals could infringe citizens’ privacy. Under the suggestions, an image of the user’s face would be matched to images from official identity documents in order to provide access to adult content. The department’s proposal doesn’t state exactly how the user would submit this photo, though. The submission said: […]

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