Despite apparently not presenting any imminent danger, social networks should still be considered harmful environments for children and teenagers. The subject has been gaining more and more space in discussion circles, where experts claim that it is There is a need for greater and supervised control by those responsible for the content they consume or create. Instagram is about to act on this.
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The team recently disclosed that it will use artificial intelligence to detect the profiles of minors, that is, people between 13 and 17 years old on the network. This feature was already being tested in the United States and will arrive soon in Brazil and India. Instagram's goal is to ensure an "age-appropriate experience".
How will artificial intelligence identify profiles on Instagram?
Developed in partnership with Yoti, the AI will recognize these profiles through videos in the form of selfies. From this identification, an analysis is made to be able to estimate the age of the user through their facial features.
According to the company, the AI is able to calculate the user's age from 13 to 19 years old, with only a small margin of error of 1.5 years. After this identification and recognition of the user who is a minor, the companies Meta and Yoti guarantee that the video used in the process will be deleted after the recognition is made.
Other methods will also be available:
Users will also be able to validate their data through their documentation, thus being able to send these documents to prove their age. Those that will be accepted by Instagram are: birth certificate, identity and driver's licenses, passport and voter registration.
These new features will gradually reach all active users of the social network in Brazil and India, according to data obtained by Sensor Tower. Instagram also confirmed that this feature will arrive by the end of the year in the United Kingdom and the European Union.
The intent of Instagram behind this new measure:
Cybersecurity bodies have been scolding the platform for some time for allowing children under 13 to use the network. They also claim that Instagram does not have the necessary tools to prevent the consumption of harmful content by this audience.
After these reviews initials, the social network started to force its users to confirm their dates of birth, in order to try to alleviate the problem. Another measure adopted was to deprive accounts of those under 16 by default.
AlsoOK The pityto mention that Instagram it started to block DMs from unknown adults and forbidadvertisersindisplayadvertswith base us interests and activities of teenagers.
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