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Meta Platforms said on Monday it would expand its AI age-estimation technology globally to move millions more teens on Instagram \u200binto Teen Account protections, even if they have given \u200cbirth dates showing they are adults, as the company faces lawsuits alleging its platforms harm young users.<\/span><\/p>\n Teen Accounts, available on \u200bInstagram, Facebook and Messenger, include built-in protections \u200bthat automatically limit who can contact teens, the \u2060content they see and their time on the apps<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Parents \u200bin the US will begin receiving Instagram notifications this month \u200bexplaining how teens are placed in age-appropriate protections, Meta said<\/p>\n<\/li>\n In Australia, Meta has begun using Apple\u2019s age-range signal as an additional \u200bmethod to help determine users\u2019 ages.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Meta said it is \u200bcontinuing to roll out the technology on Facebook and will begin \u200claunching \u2060similar technology globally on Threads later this year<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Meta faces multiple lawsuits over allegations that its platforms harm teens<\/p>\n<\/li>\n In August, Meta struck settlements worth up to $18 billion with \u200bnearly every US \u200bstate and \u2060territory to resolve lawsuits brought by attorneys general over the platforms\u2019 harm to \u200bteens<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Under the settlements, Meta agreed to improve \u200bhow \u2060it identifies teens and children under 13<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Meta settled with a teen plaintiff last month in a Los Angeles trial testing \u2060claims \u200bthat Instagram and Facebook were \u200bdesigned to be addictive, causing mental health problems and an eating disorder<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n