Today, we applaud Meta for taking this big step to increase safety for their younger users. For example, Instagram and TikTok have recently implemented tougher restrictions on accounts owned by teens across their platforms.

Meta has started testing AI technology to detect teens using its platforms through adult accounts, and shift them to protected accounts.

Parents could soon have a tool that automatically checks if children are using their correct ages on an Instagram account, according to Meta. The company announced on Monday that it is testing an artificial intelligence technology that would detect Instagram accounts,

The European Commission has fined Apple 500 million euros (£428.5 million) and Meta 200 million euros (£171.4 million) for breaches of the EU’s digital competition rules. Apple’s fine is for preventing app developers from pointing users to cheaper options outside the App Store.