Image Recognition
Age verification and age estimation is just one part of an attempt to make tech safer for kids as complaints grow over mental health harms, privacy trespasses and more. Companies are also concerned about having to take too much data from users to verify age, per the Financial Times. Most relevant in the U.S. is California's law, which does not require strict age verification but age "estimation" and the rollout of corresponding privacy and data protections for the age group. Meta has been testing age verification tools on Instagram and Facebook Dating, announcing an expansion of the Instagram test to more countries last week. The bottom line: There are no agreed-upon guidelines for accuracy or protecting civil rights in gauging ages of online users.