Meta’s $18 billion settlement with 48 U.S. states resolves claims that the company deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook to harm children’s mental health. Age assurance has become the linchpin of child safety measures, requiring Meta to improve its AI-based age estimation using contextual clues, watch histories, and facial analysis. The company has one year to refine its approach with regular third-party audits. Privacy advocates warn that such verification methods could lead to an over-collection of sensitive personal data, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation cautioning that this information could be leaked, hacked, or misused.
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