Dec 2019, BBC
The company is asking all users to input birthdates to be able to protect them from ads that might make hurt them. (Because it sounds like we've accepted the idea that advertising can hurt people.)
But let's be realistic here, this isn't about the business protecting kids; they're protecting themselves.
You know darn well they can tell based on behavior analysis, which is conducted on every user, they can tell who is a kid and who's not. So they already know your "birthdate."
They already know because it's their business to know everything they can about you, so they can provide better ads.
The reason they're now asking for your age is so that if you if you lie about your age, but then later try to sue them for something that you saw on their site (because advertising is a weapon that can accidentally hurt you), they can say, no, you said you were not a kid, and therefore we are protected.
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