Based on internal Facebook posts from the reputable BuzzFeed News, the tech giant has made it one of its top priorities to create a version of the Instagram client for users under 13. And this is really very unexpected and strange news. The VP of Product for Instagram, Vishal Shah, reportedly wrote a message on a bulletin board intended to inform its employees that the corporation would indeed be developing the project.
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – March 20, 2021 – Technology
His message also says that the work on the project will be overseen by Adam Mosseri, the current head of Instagram, while literally the whole process will be led by Pavni Divanji, VP of Facebook, who worked at one time to create a rather successful offshoot. —YouTube Kids. She also credits a large number of other child-focused products, the vast majority of which she developed during her time at Google. Be that as it may, Vishal Shah commented on the news as follows: “I am immensely pleased to inform all of you that for the near future we have identified youth work as the main priority for the development of Instagram. That is why we have added this social network to the list of platforms, which now has priority H1.
Together, we will create a new youth pillar that will be present and function in the community’s product group in order to focus on two things at once, namely, firstly, accelerating our work to ensure integrity and confidentiality to ensure the most secure experience. for teens, and secondly, on creating a version of Instagram that will allow people under the age of 13 to use Instagram completely safely for the first time. ” The announcement was made just a few days after the social network Instagram officially announced that the main application will soon receive new features designed to protect teens on its platform.
Children under the age of 13 are not legally allowed to use the app due to corporate policy. However, this does not prevent many from posting fake birthdays in order to cheat the platform’s age verification procedure. In this regard, young users can see the content that they are not supposed to see. Instagram knows that young users can lie about their dates of birth, which is why the company decided to also develop artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to protect minors.
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Source: Ukrgate