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Can AI determine a child’s age? The legal questions behind the Home Office's use of Facial Age Estimation
The Home Office's proposed use of AI-assisted Facial Age Estimation (FAE) for asylum seekers has raised significant legal and safeguarding concerns. This article explores how the technology works, the legal framework governing age assessments, why children's organisations are concerned, and whether AI can be used consistently with existing protections. It also explains how disputed age assessments can be challenged and what the growing use of AI could mean for children's rights.
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