Instagram's age confirmation program that analyzes self-portrait videos with AI and determines whether it is really over 18 years old is expanding



In June 2022, Instagram asked users who would like to edit their account's date of birth to set their age from under 18 to over 18, saying, 'Analyze your selfie video with AI to see if you are really over 18. A program to discriminate' has started testing in the United States. Newly announced is the expansion of the program to Brazil and India, which have over 400 million monthly active users.

Introducing New Ways to Verify Age on Instagram

https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/new-ways-to-verify-age-on-instagram

Instagram expands AI-powered age verification program to India and Brazil | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/13/instagram-expands-ai-powered-age-verification-program-to-india-and-brazil/

In response to being accused of adverse effects on young users and privacy issues , Instagram has introduced protections such as `` prohibiting adults from sending DMs to non-followers under the age of 18 ' ' and `` parental controls and activity management functions ''. . Also, Instagram's monetization and badge functions (throwing money) are restricted to users over the age of 18.

In addition to strengthening protection for young users, Instagram has made it mandatory to register the date of birth and tightened the age verification of users.

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In June 2022, Instagram began testing a new age verification program in the United States when users change their registration date of birth from under 18 to over 18. In addition to the conventional 'confirmation by uploading an identification card', this program adds new options such as 'confirmation by uploading a selfie video' and 'identification by other users'.

Age verification by selfie videos will be done in partnership with Yoti , a digital age authentication company, and will use a system that estimates age with AI. The selfie video will not be used for any purpose other than age verification, and Meta and Yoti explain that the selfie video data will be deleted once the age verification is completed.

And on October 23rd, Instagram announced that it would be expanding its age verification program testing to India and Brazil. Together, the two countries have 400 million monthly active Instagram users, according to market analytics platform Sensor Tower. Instagram also plans to expand the test to the UK and EU in 2022.

Instagram also reports that 'identification by other users' will be removed from the test. TechCrunch, a technology media outlet, said, ``Instagram has not explained why, but some users may have tricked the system by asking mutual followers over the age of 18 to lie.'' Did.



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