Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis (QFR Responses)

QuestionWhy doesn't Instagram require age verification at account signup?

ResponseMeta says signup only requires a self-reported birthdate (not verification), while its post-signup age-verification tools stopped 96% of teens trying to edit their age from under-18 to 18+; it pushes app-store-level, parent-approved age verification as the industry-wide fix instead of per-app verification.