Meta company✴ announced the global expansion of AI technology that detects on Instagram✴ teenagers who provided inaccurate information about their age. According to the company, this innovation will automatically convert “millions of teenagers” around the world into secure “Teen Accounts.” Previously, similar AI-based tools were launched in the US, EU countries and Brazil.
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To identify underage users, the system analyzes various factors: what profiles and content a person interacts with, what birthday greetings they receive, and “common themes and visual cues” in uploaded photos and videos, including parameters such as height and skeletal features. Additionally, in Australia Meta✴ began using age range data provided by Apple.
This system allows you to delete from Instagram✴ users who are believed to be under 13 years of age (the minimum age to create an account in Meta services✴). For users between the ages of 13 and 17, more restrictive settings for “Teen Accounts” are automatically activated, even if they indicated an adult date of birth when registering.
“Teen Accounts” are designed to make the online experience safer and age-appropriate: they are private by default, restrict access to certain content, and prohibit strangers from sending private messages to teens. Users 16 years of age or younger may not change settings on such accounts without parental or guardian permission.
Parents and guardians can control Teen Accounts by setting time limits and monitoring how their child uses Instagram.✴. В Goal✴ reported that starting next month, parents in the United States will begin receiving on Instagram✴ notifications explaining how the age rating system works and how you can ensure that your teen’s age is correct on the platform.
This global expansion follows the settlement of a lawsuit in which Meta✴ agreed to strengthen age verification measures and impose stricter restrictions on teenage users. The settlement amount was $17.1 billion.
Previously on Instagram✴ measures have been strengthened to combat fake influencer accounts created using AI. The social network will limit the reach of such profiles unless they clearly indicate that they were created using AI. The “AI-powered” label is also being renamed to “AI-powered profile” to clearly communicate to users that the profile picture is the result of AI creativity and not a photo of a real person.
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