Today, we applaud Meta for taking this big step to increase safety for their younger users. For example, Instagram and TikTok have recently implemented tougher restrictions on accounts owned by teens across their platforms.

The company says 54 million teens have been enrolled in the age-gated accounts so far, and the same model was recently extended to Facebook and Messenger.

Instagram is expanding its AI age detection software to root out teens masquerading as adults. If the AI makes a mistake, however, it's possible real adults will have their accounts affected.