Instagram demands date of birth from new members
Found on BBC News on Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Asking for a date of birth would help the company to avoid targeting ads for age-restricted products at children, the Reuters news agency reported.
"Asking for this information will help prevent underage people from joining Instagram, help us keep young people safer and enable more age-appropriate experiences overall," the company said in a blog post.
Of course nobody has ever lied on the Internet when signing up for something essentially useless. It's just snakeoil in an attempt to evade possible lawsuits.