Meta has announced that the use of artificial ielligence to ideify adolesce users on Instagram will soon change the accou settings of some users automatically. This decision is part of the new meta policies to protect adolesces and children on social platforms.
According to Theverge, Meta has announced that it has expanded the use of artificial ielligence tools to ideify teenagers on Instagram. Used since 2024, these tools try to ideify the real age by analyzing data such as birthday greetings or users’ ieraction patterns.
Automatic change of Instagram settings with meta artificial ielligence
According to the latest announceme, Instagram in the United States tests a new feature in which if the system detects the adult birth date is actually a teenager, his accou settings will change to safer and more limited mode.
Adolesce accou settings on Instagram include default accouing, preveing strangers from sending messages, and restricting the type of coe. Meta has announced that users can change these settings if desired.
This is in line with rece legal and social pressures to Meta to protect adolesce users. Last year, the European Union began research on the meal security of adolesces on meta platforms. The complai of the judiciary in the United States and the disputes between large technology companies about the protection of adolesce users have increased pressure on meta.
Meta has decided to increase the use of artificial ielligence to ideify young users in the coinuation of her efforts to protect teenagers on platforms such as Instagram. The company made a major change to Instagram late last summer to change users’ settings under 18.
