Instagram wants to know your birth date! Not to wish you a happy birthday, but to better control the type of content viewers see, based on age. Instagram intends to make it mandatory for you to provide your date of birth if you want to continue using its service. Instagram plans to make this information mandatory: “First, we’ll start to ask you for your birthday when you open Instagram. Young people under 16 years old could see their account switched to private mode by default – a measure taken by the American giant to improve the protection of its young users.
