Meta Platforms said on Monday it would expand its AI age-estimation technology globally to move millions more teens on Instagram into Teen Account protections, even if they have given birth dates showing they are adults, as the company faces lawsuits alleging its platforms harm young users.
\n\nTeen Accounts, available on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, include built-in protections that automatically limit who can contact teens, the content they see and their time on the apps.
\n\nParents in the US will begin receiving Instagram notifications this month explaining how teens are placed in age-appropriate protections, Meta said.
\n\nIn Australia, Meta has begun using Apple’s age-range signal as an additional method to help determine users’ ages.
\n\nMeta said it is continuing to roll out the technology on Facebook and will begin launching similar technology globally on Threads later this year.
\n\nMeta faces multiple lawsuits over allegations that its platforms harm teens.
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\n\nIn August, Meta struck settlements worth up to $18 billion with nearly every US state and territory to resolve lawsuits brought by attorneys general over the platforms’ harm to teens.
\n\nUnder the settlements, Meta agreed to…
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