Meta面臨訴訟增加，擴大Instagram青少年AI年齡檢查

11月9日（路透）— Meta Platforms 週一表示，將把其 AI 年齡估算技術擴大至全球，以便將 Instagram 上數以百萬計的更多青少年納入「青少年帳號」保護措施，即使他們填寫的出生日期顯示自己已成年也一樣。Meta 目前正面臨多起訴訟，被指控旗下平台傷害年輕使用者。Nov 9 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Monday it would expand its AI age-estimation technology globally to move millions more teens on Instagram into Teen Account protections, even if they have given birth dates showing they are adults, as the company faces lawsuits alleging its platforms harm young users.

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• Instagram、Facebook 和 Messenger 均提供「青少年帳號」，內建保護措施會自動限制可聯繫青少年的對象、他們看到的內容，以及他們使用應用程式的時間• Teen Accounts, available on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, include built-in protections that automatically limit who can contact teens, the content they see and their time on the apps

• Meta 表示，美國家長本月將開始收到 Instagram 通知，說明青少年如何被納入符合年齡的保護措施• Parents in the US will begin receiving Instagram notifications this month explaining how teens are placed in age-appropriate protections, Meta said

• 在澳洲，Meta 已開始使用蘋果的年齡範圍訊號，作為協助判定使用者年齡的額外方法。• In Australia, Meta has begun using Apple's age-range signal as an additional method to help determine users' ages.

• Meta 表示，該公司正持續在 Facebook 推出這項技術，並將於今年稍晚開始在全球 Threads 推出類似技術• Meta said it is continuing to roll out the technology on Facebook and will begin launching similar technology globally on Threads later this year

• Meta 面臨多起訴訟，被指控旗下平台傷害青少年• Meta faces multiple lawsuits over allegations that its platforms harm teens

• 8月，Meta 與幾乎所有美國州和領地達成最高金額達180億美元的和解，以解決各州檢察長就其平台傷害青少年所提起的訴訟• In August, Meta struck settlements worth up to $18 billion with nearly every US state and territory to resolve lawsuits brought by attorneys general over the platforms' harm to teens

• 根據和解協議，Meta 同意改善其識別青少年與13歲以下兒童的方式• Under the settlements, Meta agreed to improve how it identifies teens and children under 13

• Meta 上月在洛杉磯一場審理相關主張的審判中，與一名青少年原告達成和解；該案主張 Instagram 和 Facebook 被設計成具有成癮性，導致心理健康問題與飲食失調• Meta settled with a teen plaintiff last month in a Los Angeles trial testing claims that Instagram and Facebook were designed to be addictive, causing mental health problems and an eating disorder

（Anzar Mehraj 班加羅爾報導；Tasim Zahid 編輯）(Reporting by Anzar Mehraj in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)