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fromSocial Media Today
1 week ago

Meta Expands Teen Protections, Tests Updated Age Detection Process

As reported by Android Central, Instagram's updated user detection process will automatically limit interactions with certain accounts when it determines that the user is under 18, even if the user tries to lie about their age by listing an adult birth date. In Australia, for example, which is moving ahead with its own laws on teen social media access, regulators recently tested 60 different age verification approaches , from a range of vendors.
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fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

OpenAI pursues youth-specific age-detection despite unproven technology, privacy trade-offs, teen circumvention, and documented safety failures that can endanger vulnerable users.
US politics
fromFortune
3 months ago

Federal judge blocks Georgia law requiring age verification for social media

The Georgia law requiring age verification for social media was blocked due to free speech concerns.
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