Meta/Facebook, TikTok, and Google/YouTube primarily offer facial age estimation through third-party services like Yoti, which deletes images after processing but may track user activity. Snapchat uses a similar approach with third-party verification. Twitter offers manual appeal processes, often requiring ID uploads. TikTok automatically revokes access based on inferred age unless users quickly verify their age using various methods including facial recognition or ID uploads. Google allows credit card verification, digital IDs, and email address checks through VerifyMy, while also offering the option to upload government-issued IDs which are deleted after verification. Each platform has varying levels of privacy risks associated with these processes.
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