A kid with a fake mustache tricked an online age-verification tool
- May 8
- 1 min read
WIRED — Meta is beefing up its age-verification mechanisms with an AI system that analyzes images and videos on Instagram and Facebook for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure, to identify and delete accounts of users under the age of 13.
The mother of a 12-year-old boy told researchers that she discovered her son using an eyebrow pencil to draw a mustache in an attempt to appear older to the verification system. The result was, to say the least, unusual: The system classified the child as a 15-year-old.
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