Meta is expanding how it uses AI to detect adolescents on Instagram – and, in some cases, will begin to subdue account settings.
Instagram announced It was using AI to detect age In 2024; The system found the gestures that users were under 18, such as if friends’ messages say “Happy 16th Anniversary”, for example (Meta) It also says It uses engagement data – people in the same age group often interact with content they see this way). Teen accounts on Instagram are subject to more binding settings: as default, teen accounts are private, strangers Are not able to send them messagesAnd Instagram Limited is what kind of content has been seen. Last year, Instagram changed the settings of all the adolescents on the platform so that safety features were automatically enabled.
The company now says that it will use AI to find teen accounts, which have an adult birthday, and will change settings for consumers, which suspects they are children. In a blog post, Instagram says it will start testing this feature in the United States today. If it turns out that the user is actually a child but the account is otherwise stated, Instagram will automatically put it under a more restricted teenager. Instagram has acknowledged the possibility that the system will make mistakes – the company says consumers will have the ability to change their settings.