Petition demands Home Office halt flawed AI age estimation on asylum-seeking children
Summary
This article is a petition addressed to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, urging the Home Office to stop using experimental AI facial age estimation technology on asylum-seeking children. The petition highlights that the technology has significant flaws: it is less accurate for people of colour, has an error margin of around 2.5 years for teenagers, and a wrong decision could result in children being wrongly treated as adults, denied protections, placed in inappropriate accommodation, or removed from the UK. The article emphasizes that many asylum-seeking children have already survived trauma including war, violence, and trafficking.
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bskyPetition demands Home Office halt flawed AI age estimation on asylum-seeking childrenyou.38degrees.org.ukKey quotes
· 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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