Meta, which required its users to enter age information when registering on Instagram in 2019, today announced it is going one step further. How the company will allow users to do age verification on Instagram that you tested explained.

With the new decision coming at a time when the use of social media at a young age has sparked controversy, Instagram will ask users for age verification. To do this, the company making video selfies and ‘social proof’ announced that he had tried his ways. So how will it be possible to verify age in these two ways?

How to prove age by taking a video selfie?

With this method, users take video selfies in the app to prove their age. The created video and then the attempt at digital identity To share with Yoti† Yoti’s technology analyzes the user’s face to provide an approximate age. After that, the video will be removed from both Meta and Yoti.

How does social proof take place?

In this method, proving the age of users will be based on common followers. Any person over 18, for a user can prove† A person who wants to prove your age will send you a request to do so. This request must be answered within three days.

In addition to these methods, Instagram provides instant identification, driver’s license, etc. It continues to accept age verification with documents such as: Photographed identification information Stored on Instagram servers for 30 days and will be deleted after this period.

Instagram, which has only started testing the new feature in the US for now, has reached out to the platform. No member under 13 years old makes it mandatory.