Meta's pre-teen profile on Insta: How an AI will scan images of birthday cakes and bone structure to remove users under 13 years of age
20 May 2026, 08:26 GMT
Topic: Science
Source URL: https://www.dw.com/en/meta-s-pre-teen-profile-on-insta-how-an-ai-will-scan-images-of-birthday-cakes-and-bone-structure-to-remove-users-under-13-years-of-age/a-77099295?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf
Instagram and Facebook have a problem with underage users — there's too many of them. Parent company, Meta, aims to root out under-13s with an age-profiling AI. This plays into a debate about a teenage social media ban.