Meta Is Expanding AI Age Detection For Instagram Teen Accounts

The company will increase its use of the tech on Facebook and Threads too.

Meta is expanding its use of AI age-estimation systems globally to place more Instagram users around the into teen accounts. The company has been using this tech in the US, European Union and Brazil to estimate a user's age. If the systems determine the person is aged between 13 and 17, they'll be funneled into a teen account, even if they used an adult date of birth while signing up.

Teen accounts are more restrictive than standard ones as they have age-appropriate protections. They prevent strangers from messaging teens, make profiles and posts private by default, employ daily app time limits and have parental controls. Meta will soon start sending parents in the US a notification on Instagram to explain how teens are placed into these accounts.

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