34 years old and Instagram thinks I'm under 16 lol. Anyone done the age check yet?

Anonymous2025-12-13 10:40 UTC1,650 views

Since the under 16 thing kicked in on Wednesday I keep getting a banner saying they think I might be under 16 and I need to confirm my age or the account will be suspended. I'm 34. I have a mortgage and a bad knee. Options are upload ID or do a video selfie for age estimation. Bit iffy about sending my licence to Meta tbh. Has anyone done the selfie one, does it actually work if you look young-ish? Or is it better to just do the ID and get it over with

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mel_bne2025-12-13 11:52 UTC
Did the video one yesterday, took maybe 30 seconds and it said confirmed about 10 min later. Good light, no cap. My sister (24, looks about 16) failed it and had to do ID though.
tdawg882025-12-13 12:41 UTC
or just set a vpn to nz and it never asks lol
mel_bne2025-12-13 13:02 UTC
@tdawg88 wouldn't. suddenly logging in from another country is exactly the kind of thing that gets you a security check, and I'm pretty sure once it's asked for your age it doesn't just go away. do the selfie and be done with it
Jacko2025-12-13 13:30 UTC
fwiw when I did ID the screen said it gets checked and deleted afterwards. no idea if that's 100% true but it went through within the hour and I haven't had any issues since
Anonymous2025-12-14 02:15 UTC
update from the OP: did the selfie, passed first go. apparently I just have a baby face. thanks Meta I guess lol
Anonymous2026-01-19 08:20 UTC
For anyone landing here from google: my 15yo's account got removed (fair enough, that's the law now) but my 17yo got flagged too. Her selfie said under 16, then she did ID and it went through. So if the selfie fails don't panic, ID is the backup.