Meta agrees to implement age assurance within a year in settlement with states
( August 26, 2026, 14:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms agreed to agreed to implement a third-party age assurance program to verify that users are over 13 years old who use the platform, according to a settlement reached with the states. Age verification will also aid Meta in determining who is under 17 and should have other restrictive features on the platform, including defaulting the accounts to private and making the accounts harder for stranger adults to contact, according to the settlement.See attached document....
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