Instagram began testing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to determine if children are lying about their age in application.
Directed to “teenagers who lie in age”, the Instagram announced Monday that it started using a tool that detects the true age of users.
According to the Associated Press (AP) news agency, the goal (Instagram mother company) has used AI to determine people’s age for some time, but now Instagram will “proactively” accounts that belong to teenagers.
According to the goal, even those who put a inaccurate birth date When they registered in the application, will be caught.
If it is determined that a User is misrepresenting his agethe account will automatically become a teenage account, with more restrictions than an adult account.
For example, a teenage account is deprived by predefate, private messages are restricted, “sensitive content” are limited and adolescents receive a notification if they were online for more than 60 minutes, one being a “Activated Suspension Mode”.
The goal states that it trains your AI to look for signs, such as the type of content with which the account interacts, profile information and when the account was created to determine the age of the owner.
Instagram will also send notifications to parents “with information on how they can talk to their adolescents about the importance of providing the correct age online“The news agency advances.
Reinforced measures come at a time when social networking companies face greater scrutiny about how their platform affects the mental health and well-being of younger users.
