{"id":26051,"date":"2021-08-31T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/instagram-will-require-users-to-provide-their-birthday.html"},"modified":"2021-08-31T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:03:44","slug":"instagram-will-require-users-to-provide-their-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/instagram-will-require-users-to-provide-their-birthday.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram will require users to provide their birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram will begin prodding users to share their birthday with the service, if they haven\u2019t already done so. The company today announced<\/a> it will now start popping up a notification that asks you to add your birthday to \u201cpersonalize your experience.\u201d But the prompt can only be dismissed a handful of times before becoming a requirement. The move is a part of Instagram\u2019s larger goal to create new safety features aimed at younger users, the company explains. This includes the teen privacy protections introduced<\/a> earlier this year, as well as Instagram\u2019s longer-term plan to launch a version of its service aimed<\/a> at users under the age of 13.<\/p>\n

This March, Instagram rolled out new features<\/a> that made it more difficult for adults to contact teens through its app. Then in July, the company announced<\/a> a larger series of changes to the default settings for new users under the age of 16. It will now default these users\u2019 accounts to \u201cprivate\u201d and limit their accounts from being suggested elsewhere in the app. It also now restricts adults whose accounts are flagged as \u201cpotentially suspicious\u201d from being able to reach out to other minors or interact with their posts.<\/p>\n

Starting this week, Instagram says users who have not yet shared their birthday will begin to see pop-up notifications when they open the Instagram app.<\/p>\n

These notifications will appear a handful of times, but at some point, users will no longer be able to dismiss the message by tapping \u201cNot Now.\u201d Instead, everyone will ultimately be required to share their birthday to continue to use Instagram.<\/p>\n

The company will also now request you to share your birthday information when you come across a post with a warning screen. These screens, which hide content that\u2019s flagged as sensitive or graphic, are not new. But Instagram has never before asked for a user\u2019s birthday before displaying the hidden content.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Instagram<\/p>\n

The birthday entry form itself is not complex. You simply scroll to choose the month, day and year of your birthday.<\/p>\n

Of course, kids are commonly known to lie on these entry forms in order to bypass restrictions when signing up for apps. On this front, Instagram has developed<\/a> AI technology to help it identify accounts were kids may have lied. For instance, it may be able to infer someone\u2019s birthday based on comments left on \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d posts, where the user\u2019s age may be referenced. The company also hints at further plans in this area, noting how it will later require users to verify their age when Facebook\u2019s technology determines a mismatch between the age the user submitted and what appears to be their real age, based on other signals.<\/p>\n

That technology is still in the \u201cearly stages,\u201d says Instagram, but will involve a menu of options that will allow someone to verify their age.<\/p>\n

The need to have users\u2019 birthdays on hand isn\u2019t only meant to power the recently launched teen protection features. Instagram is also working to bring its app to younger users \u2014 a decision that\u2019s been met with a hostile response from legislators<\/a> and consumer advocacy groups<\/a> alike. In addition, age remains an important data point for ad targeting. Even as Instagram pulled back<\/a> on the ability for marketers to target teens using interest data or their activity on other apps, it will continue<\/a> to allow ad targeting based on age, gender and location across age groups.<\/p>\n

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Instagram to default young teens to private accounts, restrict ads and unwanted adult contact<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The company is now one of several to have rolled out added protections for younger teen users, ahead of regulations that would force them to do so. Over the course of this year, TikTok<\/a>, YouTube and Google<\/a> have also announced changes to how younger teens can use their services and how they can be targeted by ads, in anticipation of a regulatory crackdown. While each has crafted its own set of teen safety features independently, the changes have largely addressed making the default settings for new teenage users more restrictive.<\/p>\n

Instagram says the new birthday pop-up notifications will begin to appear this week on the mobile app and will continue to roll out over the weeks ahead to reach more users.<\/p>\n

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