Social Media Age Checks

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U.K. said to weigh facial recognition tech to keep kids away from social media

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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat could face multi-billion-pound fines under the Online Safety Act if they fail to protect children from harmful content online.

Ofcom estimates 60% of children aged 8-11 years - about 1.6M kids - in the U.K. have social media accounts despite the apps having a minimum 13-year age limit.

A third of children are reportedly using social media unsupervised.

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