Washington (US): In order to better manage and engage with younger and older users, as well as to better target them with age-appropriate and relevant content and advertising, Instagram has been experimenting for years. The Meta-owned platform is currently testing a new set of features designed to verify when people say they are 18 or older, including video selfies, vouching from adult friends, and providing an ID.
According to The Verge, creating an Instagram account requires that you be at least 13 years old, but the company has historically done little to enforce this requirement. It didn't even bother to ask new users their birthdate prior to 2019, much less make an effort to validate this information.
