Meta will use artificial intelligence to put teenagers in strict account settings

Meta expands age selection tools using them using Amnesty International To reveal teenage users and then put them automatically in the most restricted teenage account settings even if the user enters a birthday for adults.

The company said in a blog post Monday will define the accounts proactively from the suspects in adolescents and transfer them to these tougher settings. I acknowledge that the system may make errors, and users will have the ability to set their settings again if necessary.

“We have used Artificial intelligence to determine age For some time, but taking advantage of it in this way is a big change, “Mita said.

This step is part of a wider effort by Meta and other social media platforms to better protect young users amid increasing pressure from parents and legislators who argue that technology companies do not do enough to protect adolescent safety and mental health.

Instagram Adolescent accountsIt was launched last year, includes integrated protection that limits adolescents, the content they can see and the time they can spend on the platform. Last year, the company automatically enabled these safety features for all teenagers, which requires parents ’approval or guardian for anyone at least 16 years to make changes.

The company said that about 97 % of users under the age of 16 keep this protection. He also recently expanded the TEEN account experience to Facebook and Messenger.

Meta said that she will start sending notifications to INSTAGRAM at information about the reason for the importance of talking to adolescents about providing accurate information on the Internet.

“Understanding the era of people online is a challenge in industry,” the company said. “We will continue our efforts to help ensure adolescents in online experiences suitable for age, such as adolescent accounts, but the most effective way to understand age is by obtaining parents’ approval and age verification in the application store. “

Although some organizations praised these types of age verification methods, others such as Devorah Heitner, author of the book “I grew up in public places”, calls the effects of “frightening” privacy.

She said: “In order for artificial intelligence effective in determining the user’s life, you must know more, especially for the latest user with a limited digital fingerprint,” she said. “We need to see social applications do more to protect all users from gas algorithms and harassment rather than focusing on the columns.”