Nude Filters and No Live Video: Meta Wide Teen Accounts

The youth using Instagram automatically end up in a teenage account. This means that you can only use photos and video platforms to a limited extent. Meta states that the process with which young users were transferred are now complete. Adolescent accounts should now also visit Facebook and Messenger. However, it first occurs in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Canada.

On Instagram, the live function for young people has recently default by default. This means that you do not watch live videos and cannot start it, but you can activate the function. Nude filters cannot be released alone. For this approach, the consent of the care of the parents, which is installed in adolescent accounts, requires. The nude filter automatically pixes the pixel paintings in which too much bare skin can be seen. This occurs in private messages – but the device is locally evaluated. If such a recording is sent to you, you will also get an indication of Instagram that you should not feel forced to respond to anyone. The sender is immediately told that he should reconsider his tasks, including sending nude pictures and reference to risks.

Instagram has many ways to find out how old a person is. Of course, monitoring of AI and behavior also helps. If someone tries to change his age, for example, mechanism for age verification. This includes an ID check or video selfie, which is evaluated in turn. According to Meta, these tests have so far worked in 96 percent of the youth who have tried to exceed their age 18.

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Young people and social networks

While the teenage account and parents are looked after for some time, Meta has not yet introduced similar tasks on Facebook and Messenger. You will probably get very few young people with both services. Nevertheless, it should be made for now.

Other social networks such as Tikkokkok and Snapchat also provide different accounts for young people. Children are not yet allowed to use social media in Germany, at least not if they are under 13 years of age. This media controls the state treaty. The respective age is not clearly defined, but the limits and the boundaries related to the functions. Data of young people are also subject to GDPR and should not be processed and used as adults.

(EMW)