Instagram is experimenting with new methods to ask you to confirm your age over in the US. You now have two other choices in addition to just uploading your ID, which might take up to two days to validate.
Making a video selfie is the first step. If you choose this option, on-screen instructions will lead you through the procedure. After you record the video, it is solely shared with Yoti, a business that specialises in age verification and is working with Instagram on this project. Based on your facial traits, Yoti's technology determines your age, after which the video is destroyed. 20 minutes may be needed for results.
The second option is social vouching, which requires you to ask followers who are also your age to certify your age. Vouchers must be at least 18 years old and cannot be at the same time vouching for another person. Additional, secret security measures exist as well. The three persons you choose to vouch for you must reply to the request within three days.
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Due to the fact that you must be at least 13 years old to use Instagram, the social media platform needs to know your age (in some countries even older). Second, so that the app can personalise your experience. For instance, if you're between the ages of 13 and 17, your account will be set to private by default, which will restrict the ways that marketers may contact you with advertising and prevent you from receiving unwelcome contact from adults you don't know.
