Instagram to Require Users <br />to Provide Their Date of Birth.<br />Previously, users of the app <br />needed only to confirm they <br />were at least 13 years old.<br />Instagram announced the changes<br />to the platform via a statement.<br />Asking for this information will help prevent underage people from joining Instagram, help us keep young people safer and enable <br />more age-appropriate <br />experiences overall, Instagram, via statement.<br />The company stated <br />that birthday information <br />will remain private.<br />Instagram "expects ads targeted <br />by age to be more accurate on <br />Instagram following this update.".<br />The company stated that its <br />"focus is on developing new, <br />age-appropriate experiences for <br />young people using this information.".<br />Instagram also plans to increase <br />user control over direct messages
