Users who have not yet updated their date of birth on Instagram will no longer be able to use the app. I try to use Instagram saying coming soon a pop up message. It reads – “You must specify your date of birth before using Instagram, even if it is a business account created for pets.” This will help us prevent young children from entering our community. Your date of birth will be used to personalize your experience, including advertising. It will not be part of your public profile. It is worth noting that last year work started on bringing a child based version of Instagram. Instagram’s parent company Meta was working to bring Instagram to kids to take advantage of Instagram’s growing popularity among kids. But work on it was stopped after his project was criticized. Several social organizations, the U.S. Congress and the U.S. The state attorney general condemned META’s effort and called for the project to be closed. After this Meta closed the project in September last year.
Tech News Desk – Instagram has now made it mandatory for its users to disclose their date of birth. Users who have not yet updated their date of birth in their Instagram ID cannot use the app. They are being asked to update their date of birth on the app first. Users are angry on forcibly asking for date of birth through Instagram. Many users have complained about this on Twitter. Significantly, in 2019, Instagram had made a rule to give date of birth for all users, but it was kept optional. Last year it was made mandatory. Instagram said that this step has been taken to keep children up to the age of 13 away from Instagram. However, many tech experts say that Instagram wants to know the age of users for commercial gain.