Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.
TL;DR
- Meta is using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues like height and bone structure to identify users under 13.
- The AI does not perform facial recognition but estimates general age based on visual cues and combines this with text and interaction analysis.
- The goal is to increase the identification and removal of underage accounts from Facebook and Instagram.
- Meta's efforts include analyzing entire profiles for contextual clues and expanding technology to more platform features.
- Accounts suspected of belonging to underage users will be deactivated, requiring age verification to prevent deletion.
- This announcement follows a significant civil penalty ordered against Meta for endangering children.
- Meta is also expanding stricter 'Teen Accounts' with enhanced safeguards to 27 EU countries and Brazil, and to Facebook in the U.S., U.K., and EU.