Instagram will now ask for the date of birth

The social network Instagram will ask all its users to provide their date of birth in the coming weeks in order to offer its latest security features for minors, which will be necessary to continue using the service.

The platform began asking its users for this information years ago and most have already provided it, but now it will introduce two targeted changes for those who have not yet provided this information.

First, it will start by asking the date of birth when users open an account, showing a notification a few times. It will be necessary to share this information to continue using the platform.

Second, if the user sees warning screens located on posts with sensitive or explicit content, the social network will ask for their date of birth before they can view the content. Instagram already shows these screens but until now it did not ask for the age on them.

This novelty seeks to know the age of all Instagram users to “create safer and more private experiences for young people” through recently introduced protection functions for young people, such as the one that prevents adults from sending messages to minors who do not follow them , or private accounts by default for children under 16 years of age.

This information also allows you to personalize the experience and apply recent changes that Instagram has made to more people to restrict the targeting options of advertisers to those under 18 years of age.

K. Tovar

Source: Genbeta