""algorithm that can accurately predict the age of a subject.""
""This will have multiple use cases for Home Office, an example could/would be to assist in determining the age of those who are encountered without verifiable identity documentation.""
""a safeguarding failure on an alarming scale.""
""ineffective, expensive, and harmful.""
The UK Home Office has offered £1.3 million to developers of age-determining software for wide deployment across its systems. The procurement requests an algorithm capable of accurately predicting a subject's age and cites use cases such as assisting when individuals lack verifiable identity documentation. The Refugee Council reported that inaccurate age assessments have led to hundreds of children being wrongly classified as adults, calling the result "a safeguarding failure on an alarming scale." Misclassification can place children in unsupervised adult accommodation or detention and expose them to abuse. The Refugee Council described proposed scientific measures as ineffective, expensive, and harmful, and criticized the NAAB for negative mental health impacts and unnecessary costs.
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