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A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool

To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.

A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Image: Wired
To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.

Originally published at Wired

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