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June 23, 2022 10:00 am

Instagram is testing an AI tool that verifies your age by scanning your face





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Instagram is testing new methods for users to verify their age, including an AI tool built by a third-party company, Yoti, that estimates how old you are just by scanning your face.


Officially, you have to be at least 13 years old to sign up for an Instagram account, but for years the company made little effort to enforce this rule. Until 2019, it didn’t even bother to ask new users their birthdate, let alone try to verify this information. After being raked over the coals by privacy and child safety experts, though, Instagram has introduced more and more age-verification features, as well as methods to separate younger users from adults.



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23179752/instagram-age-verification-ai-social-vouching-methods

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