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Google will soon use automatic learning to estimate the age of its users. In <a target="_blank" href="https://blog.google/technology/families/google-new-built-in-protections-kids-teens/”>An update on WednesdayGoogle said he is testing an automatic learning model in the US. To help determine if someone is under 18 years old, allowing him to “provide more appropriate experiences for age” on their platforms.
The YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan, revealed for the first time the change in an annual letter published on Tuesday. The age estimation model will use existing data on users, including the sites they visit, what types of videos see on YouTube and how long they have had an account to determine their age. When you detect that a user can be under 18, Google will notify them that some of their configurations have changed and will offer information on how users can verify their age with a selfie, a credit card or a government identification.
Google will apply its existing safety characteristics to minors, including its Safesearch filter that helps eliminate explicit content of search results. It will also restrict the YouTube content that might not be appropriate for users under 18. Google plans to bring its age estimation technology to “more countries over time.”
“We will continue to explore additional opportunities to provide greater transparency to users about the estimation of age at the account level,” said Google spokesman Matt Bryant, in a statement to The edge.
In the next week, Google will allow parents to limit calls and message notifications on the phone and your children's tablet during school, something that announced for the first time last year. From next month, parents can add contacts to their children's phone through the application of family link, limiting telephone calls and text messages to only those numbers. In addition, Google says that it will soon allow parents to add and manage payment cards on your child's Google wallet.
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