They provide a way to classify your web pages and provide special information to browsers and search engines. With meta tags you can specify keywords for each web page, so search engines will know what the web page is about. You can also specify a description, which will be shown when your web page comes up in a search. Search engines also sometimes display what language your page is written in, your copyright and authorship information, and content ratings that specify the extent of violence, nudity, sexual content, and foul language.
Browsers also make use of the content ratings.
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