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Meta AI is analyzing teen faces but a 12yo kid with a fake mustache fooled it [U]

9to5Mac · May 7, 2026, 11:13 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

Meta’s latest attempt to comply with age verification requirements in Europe, Brazil and the US is to roll out AI-powered tech to analyse the faces of teenage users of Facebook and Instagram. The company says AI analysis will be used to estimate the ages of faces but that it does not amount to face

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