However, the company will not be using mechanism to verify the age as most teenagers will find it difficult to confirm their age.

With users linking their Facebook account with Instagram, Instagram already has a database to verify the age.

In addition to this, the company has also trained a machine learning platform to predict users’ age and gender by roughly analysing and posts which mentions “happy birthday”.

For now, the company has decided to trust that users will not lie about their age, but eventually, the platform will rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to aid the age verification.

Instagram decided to roll out the feature after the platform was being accused of showing inappropriate content to children in various countries like the US, Britain and other regions. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575522106.2034626/Instagram-Pushes-For-Kid-Appropriate-Content-With-Age-Verification?ref=audio_experience