Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act

This bill would require sports betting operators and prediction market platforms to use commercially available facial recognition technology to confirm a user is over 18 before letting the user access the platform or place a bet or order. Operators could collect only the face data needed to check age and would have to delete data not needed for compliance. The Federal Trade Commission would enforce these rules. The bill also changes the Commodity Exchange Act so the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can bar event contracts tied to illegal activity, terrorism, assassination, war, violence, or gaming, and it sets rules on advertising, anti-money laundering programs, and customer funds. It creates an Advisory Council on Consumer Protection and an Office of the Retail Advocate within the Commission.

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Sponsors

• Josh Gottheimer Democrat sponsor
• 9 cosponsors