{"id":7468,"date":"2021-08-31T06:21:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T06:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1365537"},"modified":"2021-08-31T06:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T06:21:20","slug":"instagram-will-demand-your-date-of-birth-for-safety-and-ads-of-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"Instagram will demand your date of birth for safety \u2014 and ads, of course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Instagram is making a new change to its <span>policy, that will require users to submit their date of birth to the company<\/span>. If you don\u2019t share your birthday after repeated reminders, you won\u2019t be able to use the service.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that this feature will help it improve user safety, and allow the platform to build out more features to that end. Over the past few months, Instagram has built a ton of tools related to teen safety. In March, it rolled out an <span>AI-powered<\/span> feature to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/instagram-ai-feature-stops-adults-messaging-children-machine-learning\">prevent adults from messaging kids.<\/a> Last month, it made all new accounts aged <a href=\"https:\/\/about.instagram.com\/blog\/announcements\/giving-young-people-a-safer-more-private-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">under 16 private by default<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t added your birthday while joining in, Instagram will show you a notification related to it multiple times \u2014 like the one shown below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1365540 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-796x488.png\" alt=\"Instagram will remind you to share your birthday through a notification\" width=\"796\" height=\"488\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-796x488.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-280x172.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-220x135.png 220w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-441x270.png 441w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-1536x941.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-1592x976.png 1592w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n.png 1640w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/instagram-birthday-saftey-ads-analysis#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2021%2F08%2F31%2Finstagram-birthday-saftey-ads-analysis%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Instagram will remind you to share your birthday through a notification\" data-title=\"Share Instagram will remind you to share your birthday through a notification on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Instagram will remind you to share your birthday through a notification on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Instagram will remind you to share your birthday through a notification<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1365540\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-796x488.png\" alt=\"Instagram will remind you to share your birthday through a notification\" width=\"796\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-796x488.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-280x172.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-220x135.png 220w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-441x270.png 441w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-1536x941.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n-1592x976.png 1592w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/240870319_6016800791694908_8866931814999768809_n.png 1640w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>The company also plans to restrict certain content based on different age groups. It\u2019ll ask you to share your birthday \u2014 if you haven\u2019t shared it \u2014 before seeing content that might be sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s a quirk to this new change. Instagram wasn\u2019t shy in admitting that this will help it show \u201cyou <span>more relevant ads.\u201d This bit irks me. I get that as a social media platform, you need to add age restriction as a feature, but using that information for ads is a snarky move. But then again, we\u2019re talking about a Facebook-owned company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also no information as to if advertisers will get access to the information about you being an adult, or get specific birthdates too. We\u2019ve asked the company to share more details, and we\u2019ll update the story if we hear back.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Instagram\u2018s birthday sharing policy <a href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/2387676754836493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/hello.thenextweb.com\/plugged\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/instagram-birthday-saftey-ads-analysis\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram is making a new change to its policy, that will require users to submit their date of birth to the company. 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