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Instagram to Use AI-Powered Age Detection Tools to Find Teen Accounts Posing as Adults
Instagram is expanding its Teen Accounts setting, which was first rolled out in 2024, with a new proactive technology and parents' reach-out campaigns. Announced on Monday, the Meta-owned social media platform is testing the use of AI-powered age detection tools to identify teenagers on the platform who have added an adult birthday.
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Meta Expands 'Teen Accounts' to Facebook, Messenger Amid Children's Online Safety Regulatory Push
Meta's expansion of safety features for teens comes as some lawmakers say they plan to press ahead with proposed legislation, such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), seeking to protect children from social media harms. Meta users under 16 will also not be allowed to disable a feature that automatically blurs images potentially containing nudity ...
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After Instagram, Meta Rolls Out 'Teen Account' For Facebook, Messenger
Meta Platforms is rolling out its "Teen Accounts" feature to Facebook and Messenger on Tuesday, as it faces sustained criticism about not doing enough to protect young users from online harms.
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Teen Spoke In School About Grandma's Account, It Led To 80 Lakh Blackmail
In a shocking case of online fraud in Gurugram, a 15-year-old schoolgirl was blackmailed with her morphed images and forced into transferring a sum of Rs 80 lakh from her grandmother's account she had access to through online banking
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Teen Spoke In School About Grandma's Account, It Led To 80 Lakh Blackmail
In a shocking case of online fraud in Gurugram, a 15-year-old schoolgirl was blackmailed with her morphed images and forced into transferring a sum of Rs 80 lakh from her grandmother's account she had access to through online banking
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Uber for Teens Service With Parental Control Features Begins Rolling Out in India
Uber for Teens service has started rolling out in India. The San Francisco-based transportation tech platform first launched the safety service for teenagers in 2023 in the US, and has so far expanded it to more than 50 countries. The feature lets parents and guardians set up an Uber account for their teenagers of ages between 13 and 17 so that the...
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Instagram Brings Teen Accounts With Additional Protections to Users in India
Instagram's Teen Accounts feature is being rolled out in India to improve the safety of younger users. It restricts account functionalities for underage users and requires parental consent for certain settings. Parents of users aged 16 and above can enable supervision features, and offensive words and phrases will be filtered out of messages and co...
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Viral Video: Haryana Teen Sits On Moving Car's Roof, Says Cop Father Will "Protect Him"
The vlogger, identified as Rakshit, has an Instagram account featuring similar daredevil stunts, including one video with a staggering 36 million views pinned to his profile.
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Instagram Will Let Users Reset Their Content Recommendations
Instagram will let some users reset the algorithm that determines what types of posts and videos they see in their feed. The change is designed to give people more control if they find the content in their Instagram feed no longer matches their interests.
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Instagram's "Peace Of Mind" Changes For Teen Accounts: Will It Work?
As Australia and other countries debate the merits of banning kids under 14 from social media, Meta has announced a significant "reimagining" of teenagers' experience of Instagram.
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Instagram Teen Accounts With Enhanced Safety Features for Younger Users Launched
Instagram Teen Accounts have been introduced as the latest measure to safeguard young users on the platform. These Teen Accounts come with default-enabled protections, and only users over the age of 16 can modify the safety settings of their account. Additionally, parents or guardians can monitor who has messaged their teenagers in the past week an...
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Explained: How Instagram's "Teen Accounts" Will Protect Underage Users
Instagram has introduced new safety measures to better protect underage users from online harm.
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Instagram Rolls Out "Teen Accounts" With Parental Control For Underage Users
Meta Platforms is rolling out enhanced privacy and parental controls forInstagramaccounts of users under 18 in a significant overhaul aimed at addressing growing concerns around the negative effects of social media.
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Google Bringing Gemini AI Chatbot to Teen Students in More Than 100 Countries
Google announced that it will be making its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini available to teen students soon, on Monday. So far, Gemini was only available to users above the age of 18. With this move, the tech giant is now letting students access the AI capability of its in-house large language model (LLM). The company said that the feat...
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Australian Teenager Suspended From School For Spraying Milk On Tourists In Viral Stunt
Social media users were outraged by the act, calling for an online campaign to get the teen's account blocked.
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Instagram to Use AI-Powered Age Detection Tools to Find Teen Accounts Posing as Adults
Instagram is expanding its Teen Accounts setting, which was first rolled out in 2024, with a new proactive technology and parents' reach-out campaigns. Announced on Monday, the Meta-owned social media platform is testing the use of AI-powered age detection tools to identify teenagers on the platform who have added an adult birthday.
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Meta Expands 'Teen Accounts' to Facebook, Messenger Amid Children's Online Safety Regulatory Push
Meta's expansion of safety features for teens comes as some lawmakers say they plan to press ahead with proposed legislation, such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), seeking to protect children from social media harms. Meta users under 16 will also not be allowed to disable a feature that automatically blurs images potentially containing nudity ...
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After Instagram, Meta Rolls Out 'Teen Account' For Facebook, Messenger
Meta Platforms is rolling out its "Teen Accounts" feature to Facebook and Messenger on Tuesday, as it faces sustained criticism about not doing enough to protect young users from online harms.
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Teen Spoke In School About Grandma's Account, It Led To 80 Lakh Blackmail
In a shocking case of online fraud in Gurugram, a 15-year-old schoolgirl was blackmailed with her morphed images and forced into transferring a sum of Rs 80 lakh from her grandmother's account she had access to through online banking
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Teen Spoke In School About Grandma's Account, It Led To 80 Lakh Blackmail
In a shocking case of online fraud in Gurugram, a 15-year-old schoolgirl was blackmailed with her morphed images and forced into transferring a sum of Rs 80 lakh from her grandmother's account she had access to through online banking
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Uber for Teens Service With Parental Control Features Begins Rolling Out in India
Uber for Teens service has started rolling out in India. The San Francisco-based transportation tech platform first launched the safety service for teenagers in 2023 in the US, and has so far expanded it to more than 50 countries. The feature lets parents and guardians set up an Uber account for their teenagers of ages between 13 and 17 so that the...
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Instagram Brings Teen Accounts With Additional Protections to Users in India
Instagram's Teen Accounts feature is being rolled out in India to improve the safety of younger users. It restricts account functionalities for underage users and requires parental consent for certain settings. Parents of users aged 16 and above can enable supervision features, and offensive words and phrases will be filtered out of messages and co...
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Viral Video: Haryana Teen Sits On Moving Car's Roof, Says Cop Father Will "Protect Him"
The vlogger, identified as Rakshit, has an Instagram account featuring similar daredevil stunts, including one video with a staggering 36 million views pinned to his profile.
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Instagram Will Let Users Reset Their Content Recommendations
Instagram will let some users reset the algorithm that determines what types of posts and videos they see in their feed. The change is designed to give people more control if they find the content in their Instagram feed no longer matches their interests.
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Instagram's "Peace Of Mind" Changes For Teen Accounts: Will It Work?
As Australia and other countries debate the merits of banning kids under 14 from social media, Meta has announced a significant "reimagining" of teenagers' experience of Instagram.
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Instagram Teen Accounts With Enhanced Safety Features for Younger Users Launched
Instagram Teen Accounts have been introduced as the latest measure to safeguard young users on the platform. These Teen Accounts come with default-enabled protections, and only users over the age of 16 can modify the safety settings of their account. Additionally, parents or guardians can monitor who has messaged their teenagers in the past week an...
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Explained: How Instagram's "Teen Accounts" Will Protect Underage Users
Instagram has introduced new safety measures to better protect underage users from online harm.
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Instagram Rolls Out "Teen Accounts" With Parental Control For Underage Users
Meta Platforms is rolling out enhanced privacy and parental controls forInstagramaccounts of users under 18 in a significant overhaul aimed at addressing growing concerns around the negative effects of social media.
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Google Bringing Gemini AI Chatbot to Teen Students in More Than 100 Countries
Google announced that it will be making its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini available to teen students soon, on Monday. So far, Gemini was only available to users above the age of 18. With this move, the tech giant is now letting students access the AI capability of its in-house large language model (LLM). The company said that the feat...
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Australian Teenager Suspended From School For Spraying Milk On Tourists In Viral Stunt
Social media users were outraged by the act, calling for an online campaign to get the teen's account blocked.
