GoKawiilMeta expands AI age-estimation to place more Instagram users into teen accounts
Meta is broadening its AI-based age-estimation system beyond the US, EU and Brazil, aiming to automatically shift users estimated to be 13-17 years old into restricted teen accounts, regardless of the birth date entered at signup. Teen accounts limit messaging from strangers, default to private profiles, cap daily app time and add parental controls. Meta plans to notify US parents via Instagram about how teens get placed into these accounts, and will extend similar AI age-detection to Facebook and later Threads, while using Apple's age-range signal as an added check in Australia.