Meta will use AI to put teenagers in more stringent account settings

META expands its age -checking tools using Ai To find teenage users and then automatically place them in more resistant teenage account settings, even if the user has entered an adult birthday.

The company said in a blog post On Monday, he will identify proactive accounts that suspect that they belong to teens and will move them to these tougher settings. He admitted that the system can make mistakes and users will be able to adjust their settings back if necessary.

“We use Artificial Intelligence to Determine Age For a while, but its use in this way is a big change, “Meta said.

This move is part of a wider efforts on META and other social media platforms to better protect young users against the background of increasing pressure from parents and MPs who claim that technology companies do not do enough to protect the safety and mental health of teenagers.

Instagram Teenage accountsThey started last year include built -in protection that restricts who can contact teens, what content they can see and how long they can spend on the platform. Last year, the company automatically activated these safety features for all teenagers that require a parent or guardian approval for any under 16 years of age to make changes.

The company said about 97% of consumers under the age of 16 retain these protection. He recently expanded the experience of the teenage girl on Facebook and Messenger.

Meta has said it will start sending notifications to Parents on Instagram with information on why it’s important to talk to their teenagers to provide accurate age information online.

“Understanding people’s age online is a challenge throughout the industry,” the company said. “We will continue our efforts to ensure that teenagers are put in online age-appropriate experiences as teenage accounts, but the most effective way to understand age is by obtaining parental approval and checking the age store.”

Although some organizations have applauded these types of age checking, others such as Devorah Heitner, author of the growth in public, call the consequences for confidentiality “frightening”.

“In order to be effective AI in determining the age of users, it should know more than they should, especially about a more limited digital print user,” she said. “We need to see social applications do more to protect all users from invasive algorithms and harassment, not to focus on the age limit.”