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Meta details 'adult classifier' tool for catching teens who lie about their age on Instagram

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Summary
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73% Informative

Meta will use AI to identify users who are younger than 18 and automatically apply Instagram ’s more restrictive privacy settings to them.

The tool will look at indicators like the accounts a user follows and the content they interact with regularly.

If the tool suspects someone is under 18 , it will move them to a teen account, regardless of what age they claim to be on their profile.

VR Score

70

Informative language

67

Neutral language

52

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informal

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English

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56

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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