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Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids

Meta just deployed AI to scan bone structure in every photo on Facebook and Instagram. Here's why that matters for your compliance strategy.

Reporting by The Verge Tech 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Meta is using AI-driven age verification (bone structure analysis + contextual clues) as a regulatory enforcement tool to keep under-13s off platforms. This signals how AI is becoming central to child safety compliance and sets a precedent for age-gating enforcement across social platforms.

The key facts

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  1. Meta deploying AI bone structure analysis on Facebook and Instagram photos/videos

  2. System scans for 'general themes and visual cues' including height and bone structure

  3. Meta explicitly claims system is NOT facial recognition

  4. AI analyzes posts, comments, bios, captions for contextual age clues

  5. Targeting enforcement: removal of users under 13 from platforms

  6. Policy framed as child safety compliance effort

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Publisher excerpt: Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta - Facebook and Instagram's parent company - says its AI system will scan photos and videos posted to its platforms for "general themes and visual cues," including…
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