Gottheimer Bill Requires Facial ID for Online Sportsbooks
New legislation proposes mandatory facial recognition for age verification on prediction markets and online sportsbooks
A new bill introduced by Rep. Gottheimer, titled the Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act, would require prediction markets and online sportsbooks to use facial recognition to verify a user's age, as reported by Yahoo News. The legislation aims to protect minors from accessing these platforms, with companies like Kalshi endorsing the bill, which would mandate the use of facial recognition technology, similar to solutions provided by companies like Staqu, to verify users' ages. This development comes as lawmakers are also being urged to act on other surveillance-related issues, such as armed police drones, and proposals to bar federal agencies from obtaining certain surveillance data without a warrant, as seen in the bill proposed by Rep. Keith Self.
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