Instagram will require you to declare your birthday

Instagram will require users to declare their birthday, thus promoting the safety of teenagers. Young people will not be able to see "sensitive" content.

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The Instagram will require users to declare their birthday, an update that the says it's meant to protect young people who use it of.

The photo app already asks new users to state their date of birth on them, a requirement effective from the end of 2019. However, people who have previously registered may not have shared the relevant information.

In the coming weeks, Instagram will start urging users who have not declared a date of birth to do so. While they may initially reject the prompts, the app will eventually require everyone a birthday.

There are currently two scenarios in which users will be asked about their birthday. First, the application will "sometimes" display a notification. A separate prompt may also appear if users try to see a post hidden behind a warning screen.

These warnings appear in “sensitive content”Which may not violate official Instagram rules, but could be considered marginal, such as“ suggestive ”images or photos of medical procedures. Users will no longer be able to view these posts until they give a birthday, and younger ages may not even be able to see these posts.

The company also states that will use artificial intelligence to detect when one may have provided false birthdays and that some users may be prompted to "verify" their age. "In the future, if someone tells us they're over a certain age and our technology tells us otherwise, we'll show them a menu of options to verify their age," the company says. "This work is still in its early stages."

These changes are the latest as Instagram seeks to enhance security and privacy for its younger users. The company has also said it will convert to the private accounts of young teens by default and will have limited ability for advertisers to target these accounts.

It recently introduced features to prevent adult strangers from texting teens. Instagram also stated that it is in the early stages of thinking about a of s for users under the age of 13, which raised concerns among lawmakers.

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