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Instagram Now Requires Users To Provide Their Age

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Users on Instagram will soon be required to enter their birth date in order to use the social networking app. The Facebook-owned company previously only checked that the new user was at least 13 years old.

The changes are being made in the hopes of making the platform safer for younger users, Instagram said in a statement. The birth dates will be used to recommend different privacy settings and features. Birthdays will not be visible to the public.

It will also be used for targeted ads, an Instagram spokesperson told NPR.

“While we expect ads targeted by age to be more accurate on Instagram following this update, this isn’t the reason we made these changes,” Instagram said in an email. “Our focus is on developing new, age-appropriate experiences for young people using this information.”

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