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French startup Yubo is particularly popular with young people under 25 who want to meet new people, play games together and hang out together in video chat rooms. The company has managed to attract 60 million users, which means that the stakes are quite high when it comes to safety. And the company is nearly done verifying the age of 100% of it user base using age estimating technology.<\/p>\n
The startup originally started verifying the age of its users back in May. With such a young audience, moderation and safety are extremely important to mitigates risks of child abuse.<\/p>\n
Yubo is an app for young people. If you\u2019re 50, you shouldn\u2019t be able to sign up. Similarly, Yubo only accepts users who are 13 or older. Minors using the app are also separated from adult users.<\/p>\n
In particular, some young kids pretend that they are 13 to gain access to social platforms like Yubo. But the issue is that many teenagers simply don\u2019t have any identity document. Yubo can\u2019t just ask for a photo of their users\u2019 IDs.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why the startup is using Yoti\u2019s age estimation technology. When a user is required to verify their age, Yoti uses the phone camera to take a photo and a short video of the user\u2019s face.<\/p>\n
Based on this data alone, Yoti can correctly verify someone\u2019s age with 98.9% accuracy. Yubo first started verifying the age of everyone who said they were 13 or 14 years old and then rolled our age verification with other age groups.<\/p>\n
Yubo just completed age verification for all Yubo users with an iPhone. Up next, Yubo will verify the age of Android users, who represent around 10% of Yubo\u2019s user base \u2014 it shouldn\u2019t take more than a few weeks.<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s a discrepancy between a user\u2019s age and Yoti\u2019s facial age estimation, Yubo asks its user to go through a full ID check instead. But it\u2019s clear that Yubo is willing to delete some accounts in case it can\u2019t properly verify the age of all its users.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy continually applying new safety measures, such as mandatory age verification, to our platform, we are taking a clear stance that we are willing to drive away a portion of new users in order to prioritize making Yubo as safe as it can possibly be,\u201d co-founder and CEO Sacha Lazimi said in a statement.<\/p>\n
When it comes to moderation, Yubo has developed a real-time moderation system for audio and video livestreams. It uses algorithms to detect problematic content, such as nudity or drug use. Yubo sends alert popups to tell users that they\u2019re doing something inappropriate while it\u2019s happening. Human safety specialists can also intervene when needed.<\/p>\n
Age-verification is a major move for Yubo. As the company doesn\u2019t rely on ads to generate revenue, it doesn\u2019t need to have as many users as possible. Yubo relies on subscriptions and in-app purchases to unlock additional features. And building a safe community could foster engagement, which could increase revenue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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