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yamazakiwi on Nov 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Disney+ demands users’ age and gender so it can “d...

Tiktok asked for my birthday and I couldn't navigate away from the page. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app to try and circumvent entering a birthday. They banned my account.

This account was active for 2+ years and they out of the blue REQUIRED a birthday like wth.

dmonitor on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

that might have been compliance with some law regarding showing content to children

yamazakiwi on Nov 15, 2022 | [–]

I thought the same, but everyone I've asked hasn't run into this question. I signed up with my phone number and didn't give them an email, maybe they're getting age from SSO for other users?

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