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Tech companies are implementing 'age assurance' tech. Here's how it works.

Google is expanding age checks to Canada while Meta uses AI to place suspected teens in restricted accounts and remove users under 13.

OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced digital safety legislation that would introduce a ban on social media for kids under 16. Big tech companies are already using age assurance technology to estimate users’ age. So what is “age assurance”? Age assurance is the umbrella term used for efforts by tech platforms to determine the

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Tech companies are implementing 'age assurance' tech. Here's how it works.

OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced digital safety legislation that would introduce a ban on social media for kids under 16. Big tech companies are already using age assurance technology to estimate users' age.

·Timmins, Canada
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SooToday.com broke the news in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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