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- Canada’s federal government banned social-media access for users under 16.
- Google will extend its age-assurance system to Canada after rolling it out in the United States.
- Google estimates age from search queries and YouTube history without collecting additional data.
- Meta shifts suspected under-18 accounts to teen profiles with tighter contact limits.
- Meta’s AI scans profiles and photos for contextual age clues without using facial recognition.
