"Meta today said that it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps. The company mentioned that it is not abandoning its efforts, but wants to develop a special version of an AI character for teens, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The move comes days before a case against Meta is set to go on trial in New Mexico, in which the company is accused of a lack of effort in protecting kids from sexual exploitation on its apps."
"The company mentioned that it is not abandoning its efforts, but wants to develop a special version of an AI character for teens, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The move comes days before a case against Meta is set to go on trial in New Mexico, in which the company is accused of a lack of effort in protecting kids from sexual exploitation on its apps."
Meta paused teen access to AI characters across all its apps worldwide while it develops a teen-specific version with built-in parental controls. The pause applies to accounts that list teen birthdays and to accounts flagged as likely teens by age-prediction technology. The action follows parental concerns and previews of parental controls introduced in October, which limited teen exposure to extreme violence, nudity, and graphic drug use and offered parents the ability to block characters or disable AI chats. The move occurs days before a trial in New Mexico alleging inadequate protection of minors on Meta apps.
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