Hacker News with Generative AI: Age Verification

Instagram tests AI to catch underage users as part of teen safety push (euronews.com)
Instagram is testing the use of AI to flag underage users who lie about their age, as part of new measures to better protect teens online, parent company Meta said Monday.
Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Teen Safety, Age Verification
5 points by mohi-kalantari 4 days ago | 0 comments
Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification (gizmodo.com)
Discord has begun requiring some users in the United Kingdom and Australia to verify their age through a facial scan before being permitted to access sensitive content.
Social Media, Privacy, Age Verification, Regulation
5 points by aa_is_op 7 days ago | 0 comments
Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift' (bbc.com)
Discord is testing face scanning to verify some users' ages in the UK and Australia.
Social Media, Privacy, Technology, Age Verification
325 points by 1659447091 9 days ago | 426 comments
Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification (gizmodo.com)
Discord has begun requiring some users in the United Kingdom and Australia to verify their age through a facial scan before being permitted to access sensitive content.
Age Verification, Privacy, Social Media, Online Safety
13 points by HiroProtagonist 9 days ago | 0 comments
Age verification mandatory for porn sites in the UK starting July (bbc.co.uk)
All websites on which pornographic material can be found, including social media platforms, must introduce "robust" age-checking techniques such as demanding photo ID or running credit card checks for UK users by July.
Age Verification, Censorship, Online Privacy, UK Policy, Pornography
26 points by mysto 100 days ago | 34 comments
Everyone to be age verified for social media in Australia (acs.org.au)
The federal government has confirmed its forthcoming youth social media ban will require Australians of all ages to confirm their age when accessing social media.
Social Media, Australia, Age Verification, Regulation
4 points by SerCe 163 days ago | 0 comments
Instagram Plans to Use AI to Catch Teens Lying About Age (bloomberg.com)
Meta Platforms Inc., under fire from parents and lawmakers over its impact on teens’ mental health, plans to use artificial intelligence to identify young users on Instagram who are lying about their age and automatically switch them into more restrictive privacy settings.
Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Teens, Age Verification
5 points by belter 173 days ago | 1 comments
A Canadian lobby group is promoting "widespread adoption of age verification" (michaelgeist.ca)
Canada, Lobbying, Age Verification, Online Safety
62 points by clwg 353 days ago | 127 comments