In the Forum on European Security, TikTok announced several innovations to ensure the safety for young people. The company that the chinese will use machine learning to detect and remove the account of the open-ended by the user under the age of 13 years old. Similar tools are being used by the Bugs in Instagram.
Determine the most effective of the age?
When the user is registered on TikTok, he must show the date of birth. This is, in essence, a self-certification. The record is, in theory, not allowed for children below 13 years of age, but you just have to decide on a date to be wrong, to the east, to enter the social network. Therefore, the algorithm of the motion can specify the content to be inappropriate. The European commission has launched an investigation into the lack of effectiveness of assets and verification of age.
The company is the chinese used various methods to detect the “lie”. Over 6 million accounts have taken on the world-wide each month. The verification of the age, it is not easy to implement, since some of the solutions are likely to have a negative impact on privacy. TikTok has already started the development of the technology, which uses machine learning to reveal the account opened by a user under 13 years of age.
When identified, a team of moderatorësh will conduct an investigation of the latter, and perhaps the will, to dispose of the account. The user will be able to appeal if the account has been removed by mistake (the user will need to demonstrate that they are above 13 years of age).
The australian government wants to prevent access to children under 16 years of age on social media, but first we must find an effective verification of the age. According to the Metës, this task must be to meet with the companies to provide a shopping applications (Apple and Google).
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