Aug 31, 2021 12:12:00

It turns out that Instagram can not be used unless you enter the date of birth, AI corresponds to false input

Pavni Diwanji , vice president of youth products on Facebook, said, 'In order to create a safer and more private experience for young people, we also need to know how old users are on Instagram.' We have made it clear on Instagram that we have a policy of requiring all users to enter their date of birth.

Asking People for Their Birthday on Instagram --About Facebook
https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/asking-people-for-their-birthday-on-instagram/

People will need to update their birthday info to keep using Instagram, Facebook says --9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/30/people-will-need-to-update-their-birthday-info-to-keep-using-instagram-facebook-says/

At the time of writing, Facebook does not require users to enter their date of birth on Instagram. However, Instagram is asking users to enter their date of birth in order to create new age-based safety features for young people and to provide the right experience for the right age group. Instagram cites a specification change made in March 2021 that 'you will not be able to send messages to accounts under the age of 18 that adults are not following' as an example of a safety feature. Another change was made in July 2021 that 'Private account settings are turned on by default for accounts owned by users under the age of 16.'

Diwanji also claims that the user experience can be personalized by asking the user to enter their date of birth. For example, it will be possible to limit targeted advertising to users under the age of 18, users under the age of 18 will be able to use Instagram comfortably, and advertisers will be able to display ads to those who are more likely to make a profit. It becomes.

In addition, Instagram began to ask the user's date of birth from December 2019 . It seems that many users have already entered their date of birth, but at the time of this announcement, Instagram will introduce two changes, both of which apply only to users who have not yet entered their date of birth. Will be done.

One of the changes is to ask for your date of birth when you open Instagram. This notification will be displayed several times, but you can ignore the notification and use Instagram for a while. However, if you do not enter your date of birth after a certain date, you will not be able to use Instagram until you enter your date of birth.

The second change is that some posts are hidden by a

warning on Instagram for users who haven't entered their date of birth. If you want to check the posts hidden in the warning display, you will be required to enter your date of birth.

'We are aware that some users may enter a false date of birth and are developing a new system to address this, using artificial intelligence (AI),' Diwanji said. , Estimate the user's age based on posts such as 'Happy Birthday!', And if the age declared by the user in the future is different from the user's age estimated by our system We'll be displaying options to let users enter the correct date of birth, but we're still in the early stages of these changes and we look forward to sharing more detailed information in the future. ', And is showing an attitude of responding to false input of the date of birth.