00:00Today, the Commission has primarily found Instagram and Facebook in breach of DSA
00:06for failing to prevent minors under the age of 13 from accessing their services.
00:12As we know, Meta's own terms and rules indicate that Instagram and Facebook,
00:17they are not meant for minors who are under 13 years old.
00:21Yet, our preliminary findings show that Meta is doing very little
00:25to prevent children below this age from accessing these platforms.
00:30Our preliminary findings indicate that when creating an account,
00:34minors under 13 years old can bypass age restrictions very easily
00:39by simply entering a false birth date,
00:43with no effective controls in place by Meta to check if this self-declaration is correct.
00:49And we also concluded that the tool for reporting minors under 13 is not easy to use,
00:55and often there is no proper follow-up.
00:58We know that in the EU some 12% of children who are under 13 years old,
01:04they are using Instagram and Facebook.
01:06And yet, Meta failed to identify assets and mitigate the risks for minors.
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