{"id":240559,"date":"2026-05-06T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/meta-to-use-artificial-intelligence-to-verify-and-deactivate-underage-accounts-across-its-social-platforms\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:35:10","slug":"meta-to-use-artificial-intelligence-to-verify-and-deactivate-underage-accounts-across-its-social-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/meta-to-use-artificial-intelligence-to-verify-and-deactivate-underage-accounts-across-its-social-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to use artificial intelligence to verify and deactivate underage accounts across its social platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/meta-use-artificial-intelligence-verify-deactivate-underage-accounts-social-platforms\/19052864\/\">Meta to use artificial intelligence to verify and deactivate underage accounts across its social platforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/meta-use-artificial-intelligence-verify-deactivate-underage-accounts-social-platforms\/19052864\/\">https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/meta-use-artificial-intelligence-verify-deactivate-underage-accounts-social-platforms\/19052864\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-06 18:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"abc7news.com\">abc7news.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 6, 2026 10:17PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Meta to use AI to verify and deactivate underage accounts\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">MENLO PARK, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; <\/span>Menlo Park-based Meta will use AI to verify age on its platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The maker of Facebook and Instagram says the tool will scan photos and videos, analyze text and interactions to identify and remove users younger than 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We spoke with Meta&#8217;s head of North American Safety about how it works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">MORE: Meta to cut 8,000 jobs, 10% of staff as it pours billions into AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This technology lets us go beyond someone admitting they are 12 years old. We are able to look at posts &#8212; about birthdays, what grade they are in &#8212; across our platforms and comments to get a better picture of age and deactivate accounts that shouldn&#8217;t be there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Meta maintains that it is not using facial recognition on the images it scans. The technology focuses on things like height and bone structure to estimate age.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Now Streaming 24\/7 Click Here\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/11518842_247-NOWSTREAMING_1280x720.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. 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