Instagram made official, in November last year, the ‘Teenagers’ accounts’ in Spain To limit unwanted interactions, inappropriate contents and the time spent using the application to guarantee adequate experience. In addition, this finishing platform began to tree the possibility of introducing artificial intelligence to their services to identify those adolescents who lie with their age to skip restrictions, access exclusive content or even to gain followers, presenting themselves as someone older than they really are.
However, with the arrival of the last update, this last mentioned tool has become official, since Instagram has begun to prove the use of AI -promoted systems to detect profiles belonging to adolescentsbut who claim to be of legal age. Therefore, if the application detects that the child is getting, Instagram will include its profile automatically in the ‘accounts for adolescents’.
Goal explains that in your Official Blog than such technology is being tested in the United StatesIn addition, with this measure, it aims to guarantee that “the largest possible number of adolescents” have activated the configuration of ‘accounts for adolescents’. But how will Instagram identify that minors are skipping the rules?
Specifically, The AI analyzes those signals indicating that users are under 18 years oldas publications to congratulate the birthday that have been shared by the followers of said account, predicting their true age. Therefore, if the systems detect that the user is a minor, the app Configure the profile as a ‘adolescent account’ automaticallyincluding all the restrictions it implies.
However, Meta adds that, in the event that the AI system identifies that an account belongs to a adolescent user wrong, users can change the configuration of their accounts so that they do not have restrictions.
On the other hand, Meta has begun to send notifications to parents on Instagram with information on how to talk with their teenage children about the importance of providing the right age on the Internet.
“The digital world continues to evolve and we must evolve with it. That is why it is important that we collaborate with the parents to ensure that the greatest possible number of adolescents have the protection options offered by the accounts for adolescents,” says Mark Zuckerberg’s company in his official blog.
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