Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

In an investigation by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us, Instagram was found serving sexualized, racist, and harmful content to protected Teen accounts.

Starting today, if Instagram’s AI detects that an account may be run by a minor—through various factors like birthday posts and account interactions—that user will automatically be placed in a Teen ...

"Today, we’re beginning to test AI technology in the U.S. that ... More information on Instagram Teen Accounts can be found on Meta's Trust, Transparency & Control Labs website at https ...

Instagram has begun testing AI-powered technology designed to proactively identify accounts it suspects belong to teens—even if the user has listed an adult birthdate—and place them under ...

Instagram will test artificial intelligence (AI ... it will implement Instagram’s “Teen Account” settings. These accounts, which were rolled out last fall for users under 18, have stricter ...

On Instagram, AI tools will detect underage users and automatically change their account settings. Meta is expanding how it ...

Instagram is beginning to test the use of ... but photo and video-sharing app will now "proactively" look for teen accounts it suspects belong to teenagers even if they entered an inaccurate ...

Summary: Starting today, Meta’s Instagram will expand the use of AI for age detection. The system will be able to determine whether the account belongs to teens by checking different identifiers ...

Instagram is beginning to test the use of ... but photo and video-sharing app will now “proactively” look for teen accounts it suspects belong to teenagers even if they entered an inaccurate ...