Instagram is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to determine if kids are lying about their ages on the app, parent company Meta Platforms said on Monday.

Instagram is expanding its use of AI to determine if kids are lying about their ages on the app, parent company Meta said on Monday.

Instagram’s parent company, Meta, announced Monday that it is using artificial intelligence to detect accounts operated by individuals under 18 to crack down on underage use. “We’ve been using artificial intelligence to help determine age ranges for some time,

Following reported delays over political concerns, the European Commission (EC) has penalized Apple and Meta over anti-competitive activities. The fines of €500 million and €200 million respectively (around $570 million and $228 million) are the first to be issued under Europe's new Digital Markets Act (DMA),

The move has drawn sharp criticism from the Trump administration, which has accused the EU of unfairly targeting American technology companies through regulatory overreach.