Meta’s AI age verification for teens is flawed: a 12-year-old bypassed it using a fake mustache, raising privacy and safety concerns.
Key takeaways
- Meta Deploys AI to Verify Teen Users’ Ages on Facebook and Instagram
- Meta’s latest AI rollout targets a regulatory minefield: age verification for teens. The company has started using facial analysis technology on Facebook and Instagram...
- The AI age estimation tool marks Meta’s most aggressive attempt yet to automate compliance with child safety mandates. Regulators in the EU and US have ramped up press...
- Meta claims the tool doesn’t actually “recognize” faces or tie them to real-world identities, only assessing age likelihoods. That distinction may be legal hair-splitt...
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