Meta expands Instagram’s AI age-guessing tech globally

Meta is expanding AI tools globally on Instagram to estimate user ages and place suspected minors into restricted Teen Accounts. The software analyzes profile text, comments, and visual cues like bone structure to detect teens who entered adult birthdates. This automated detection responds to an 18 billion dollar legal settlement with United States attorneys general over platform harms.

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