Instagram will begin using artificial intelligence to determine a user's age at signup in an effort to find underage users. — AFP
Facebook-owned Instagram on March 16 unveiled technology aimed at preventing underage children from creating accounts and blocking adults from contacting young users they don’t know.
It was the latest move responding to concerns about inappropriate contact between adults and children on the platform, which like most services sets an age minimum of 13.
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