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Meta Deploys AI Visual Cues to Target Under-13 Accounts on Instagram and Facebook

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Source: WIRED
Meta Deploys AI Visual Cues to Target Under-13 Accounts on Instagram and Facebook
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Meta is expanding its AI-driven age verification on Instagram and Facebook, analyzing posts, bios, and visual cues like height and bone structure (not face recognition) to identify and suspend accounts likely run by children under 13, with teen accounts auto-created for ages 13–15 and rollout extending to Brazil and 27 EU countries as part of a broader response to EU Digital Services Act concerns and ongoing child-safety efforts.

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  1. A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool  WIRED
  2. New AI-Powered Age Assurance Measures to Place Teens in Age-Appropriate Experiences  meta.com
  3. Ireland probes Meta's Instagram, Facebook over EU manipulation concerns  Reuters
  4. Meta implements more protocols to detect underage users  Social Media Today
  5. Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage  TechCrunch

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