Instagram To Prevent Underage Children From Creating Accounts
- Instagram has unveiled new technology aimed at preventing underage children from creating accounts and blocking adults from contacting young users they don't know. Instagram will begin using artificial intelligence to determine a user's age at signup in an effort to find underage users. " We know that young people can lie about their date of birth. We want to do more to stop this from happening, but verifying people's age online is complex and something many in our industry are grappling with," Instagram said.
Some updates on what we're doing to keep teens safe on Instagram ❤️ Including:
— Instagram (@instagram) March 16, 2021
🔒 Restricting DMs between teens and adults they don’t follow
🤔 Prompting teens to be careful in DMs even with adults they're connected to
🙋 Encouraging teens to make their accounts private pic.twitter.com/l1PZ9uwzeG
