{"id":2669,"date":"2021-08-31T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/31\/instagram-to-require-all-users-to-enter-birthdate\/"},"modified":"2021-08-31T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:48:02","slug":"instagram-to-require-all-users-to-enter-birthdate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/31\/instagram-to-require-all-users-to-enter-birthdate\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram to require all users to enter birthdate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Move is part of firm\u2019s efforts to introduce child-safe experience for under-18s<\/p>\n<p>Instagram will require all users to enter their birthdate before using the app, Facebook has announced, as part of the company\u2019s efforts to introduce a child-safe experience for users under 18.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement has been introduced just two days before the UK begins enforcing the age appropriate design code. The code requires companies to identify child users and take special effort to safeguard their personal data, limit attempts to alter their behaviour, and prioritise their wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/aug\/31\/instagram-to-require-all-users-to-enter-birthdate\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9ac5d80744d0456fbdb48511658f3118b511e11a\/240_153_4567_2740\/master\/4567.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7784cf26321e86f89e72c10a94945e3d\" title=\"Instagram to require all users to enter birthdate\" \/>Move is part of firm\u2019s efforts to introduce child-safe experience for under-18s<br \/>\nInstagram will require all users to enter their birthdate before using the app, Facebook has announced, as part of the company\u2019s efforts to introduce a child-safe experience for users under 18.<br \/>\nThe requirement has been introduced just two days before the UK begins enforcing the age appropriate design code. The code requires companies to identify child users and take special effort to safeguard their personal data, limit attempts to alter their behaviour, and prioritise their wellbeing. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move is part of firm\u2019s efforts to introduce child-safe experience for under-18s Instagram will require all users to enter their birthdate before using the app, Facebook has announced, as part of the company\u2019s efforts to introduce a child-safe experience for users under 18. The requirement has been introduced just two days before the UK begins &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/31\/instagram-to-require-all-users-to-enter-birthdate\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instagram to require all users to enter birthdate<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}