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Social media companies are working to find child users more accurately.

Social media companies are working to find child users more accurately.

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September 1st, 2026

Social media companies are working to find child users more accurately.

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Meta agreed to strengthen child safety measures. This is an important legal settlement.

Meta同意加強兒童安全措施一項重要的法律和解

Among them, the age assurance promise is written in the most detail.

其中年齡保證承諾寫得最詳細

The reason is clear: if you cannot tell which users are children, other protections are almost useless.

原因顯而易見的如果無法分辨哪些用戶兒童其他保護措施幾乎沒有用

Companies like Google, TikTok, and Roblox are also increasing their efforts. This is because regulators in the US and around the world are turning against tech companies.

GoogleTikTokRoblox等公司加強相關努力因為美國全球監管情緒轉向反對科技公司

This $18 billion settlement resolves the state attorneys general's accusations.

這項180億美元的和解解決了州檢察長的指控

They said Meta deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook to attract young people and harm their mental health.

他們說Meta故意設計InstagramFacebook來吸引年輕人,並損害他們的心理健康

The agreement involves 48 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

協議涉及48個州哥倫比亞特區美國領土

Meta has one year to improve age-check methods, but its options are limited.

Meta一年時間來改善年齡檢查方法選擇有限

Improving the technology faces privacy challenges, including that adults may need to prove they are 18 or older.

改進技術面臨隱私挑戰包括成年人可能需證明自己年滿18歲

In the offline world, people use government IDs to prove their age. But many don't want big tech companies to see their driver's license or passport.

線下世界使用政府身份證件來證明年齡許多人不願大型科技公司查看駕照護照

Meta accepts IDs and promises to delete this data within 30 days.

Meta接受身份證件承諾在30天內刪除這些資料

But more companies are using artificial intelligence to estimate age.

越來越多的公司改用人工智能來估計年齡

Google uses AI on YouTube to tell adults from minors based on watch history. Meta does the same.

Google在YouTube上使用AI根據觀看歷史來區分成人未成年人Meta也這樣做

AI looks at birthday posts, school-related content, friend lists, and login times. It even analyzes height or bone structure in photos.

AI會查看生日帖子學校相關內容朋友名單登錄時間甚至分析照片中的身高骨骼結構

Identity verification companies like Yoti and Persona work with tech companies to estimate age using video selfies.

身份驗證公司如Yoti和Persona與科技公司合作使用視頻自拍來估計年齡

Roblox asks players who want to chat to take a selfie. The system can accurately estimate the age of users from 5 to 25 within one to two years.

Roblox要求想聊天的玩家拍攝自拍系統可在一到兩年內準確估計5至25歲用戶的年齡

Some experts are careful about the reliability of these tools, especially for women or certain ethnic groups.

一些專家對工具的可靠性表示謹慎尤其對女性或某些種族群體

Companies like Meta argue that app store owners such as Apple and Google should do age verification.

Meta等公司主張年齡驗證應由Apple和Google等應用商店所有者進行

But these two companies disagree. They think the proposal cannot cover shared devices or pre-installed apps.

但這兩家公司不同意認為該提議無法覆蓋共享設備或預裝應用

Critics worry that age verification will make the internet less safe and less private.

批評者擔心年齡驗證會讓互聯網更不安全更不私密

People may be denied access to news, health information, or anonymous speech.

人們可能被拒絕訪問新聞健康信息匿名發言

The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that every system asks users to give up sensitive personal information. This links online activity to offline identity.

電子前沿基金會警告每個系統要求用戶交出敏感個人信息將線上活動與線下身份聯繫起來

This data can easily leak or be misused.

這些數據容易洩露或被濫用

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