Instagram changes the rules of use of its partner networkl seeking to protect minors. One of the tools that it will implement is an artificial intelligence (AI) system that will help identify the age and characteristics of users, with the aim of restricting access to content not suitable for minors.
This tool, which for now has been activated in Spain, seeks to identify underage users who try to evade content classification by placing a date of birth higher than the real one.
Given the new AI tool, Instagram will implement the analysis of the bone structure, as well as the user’s height, to determine their age.
This tool, which could be extended to the European Union, was announced by Meta. The system incorporates visual analysis techniques to determine that users are over 13 years old, the estimated minimum age to enter the social network.
Likewise, it highlights The CountryMeta will implement technology that will analyze, through AI, the multimedia content of the accounts to look for clues about the person’s age.
From the analysis of bone structure and texts published by the user, to the type of interactions, the tool could determine an age range, which would lead to the reclassification or deletion of accounts, as determined by the company.
This tool was announced more than a month after the implementation of accounts for teenagers and the classification of content for minors, which restricts some interaction and content options. That measure was announced last April.
The company emphasizes that this tool and its techniques are not related to facial recognition, since this system stopped being used years ago, as highlighted. The Country.
While Meta implements these new systems, the European Commission is carrying out an investigation against it, stating that the company cannot “identify, evaluate and mitigate […] the risks involved in the access of minors under 13 years of age to its services.”