Meta has begun telling Instagram, Facebook and Threads users it believes are younger than 16 years old they have two weeks left to download their data.
Account holders who want to fight their removal will have to undergo facial scans or provide ID to prove they are old enough.
Meta is aiming to remove hundreds of thousands of accounts by the December 10 deadline, with the first accounts disappearing on December 4.
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