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Social media firms could have to use facial recognition to verify age

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Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

Ofcom estimates 60 per cent of eight to 11-year-olds have social media profiles.

Sites such as Facebook, Instagram , TikTok and Snapchat have minimum age limits of 13 .

Regulator John Higham said platforms would be expected to remove children's accounts by using 'highly accurate' AI age checks.

VR Score

79

Informative language

77

Neutral language

51

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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