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