Published 3 years ago

Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push

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Instagram will require all users to enter their birthdate before using the app. The requirement has been introduced just two days before the UK begins enforcing the age appropriate design code. The code requires companies to identify child users and take special effort to safeguard their personal data, limit attempts to alter their behaviour.

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News18 India

Instagram Will Begin Asking Users About Their Birthday More Often: Here's Why

Instagram will begin requiring users to confirm their birthdays as part of an effort to create new safety features for young people, the Facebook-owned image sharing platform said on Monday.

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Instagram to require all users to enter birthdate

Move is part of firm’s efforts to introduce child-safe experience for under

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Instagram to require users to hand over their birthdays

Instagram will require people to confirm their birthdays if they want to keep using the site.

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push

By Sheila Dang - Instagram will begin requiring users to confirm their birthdays as part of an effort to create new safety features for young people, the Facebook Inc-owned social media app said Monday. Instagram has explored building a version of its app for kids under the age of 13, prompting lawmakers to urge Facebook to drop the plans, saying the social media company "has a clear

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

Instagram Makes Date of Birth Mandatory for All Users in Teen Safety Push

Instagram is rolling out measures to ensure proper teen safety on the app. It is making it a mandate for all users to fill in their birthday details. If they haven't provided with birthday details...

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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