Petition urges Home Secretary to halt flawed AI age estimation on asylum-seeking children
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Summary
This article is a petition addressed to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, urging her to stop the Home Office from using experimental AI facial age estimation technology on asylum-seeking children. The petition highlights that the Home Office itself admits the AI is less accurate for people of colour and has an error margin of about 2.5 years for teenagers. A wrong decision could result in a child being treated as an adult, denied protections, placed in inappropriate accommodation, or removed from the UK. Many of these children have already survived war, violence, trafficking, and dangerous journeys.
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· 3 pulledEven the Home Office admits facial age estimation can be less accurate for people of colour and has an error margin of around 2.5 years for teenagers — the very age group it wants to assess.
A wrong decision could mean a child is treated as an adult, denied protections, placed in inappropriate accommodation, or even face removal from the UK.
Many children seeking asylum have survived war, violence, trafficking and dangerous journeys.
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