New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Meta is expanding its AI-powered age-detection technology globally to identify Instagram users who may be teenagers but have entered incorrect birth dates to appear as adults. The rollout will help to ensure that additional protection against contact with unwanted people, sensitive content and excessive screen time, provided under Instagram's Teen Account settings, are available to more users aged 13-17.

The expansion follows governments' growing concern over children's social media habits and efforts by governments to force platforms to take more action to protect children. Meta is also rolling out more age detection features in certain markets, such as Apple's age range signal in Australia. At the same time, paren...