WhatsApp has quietly updated its terms of service for users in the UK, increasing the minimum accepted age from 16 to 18. The ...

Messaging service WhatsApp is to lower its minimum age requirement in Ireland and across Europe from 16 to 13. The app, which is owned by social media giant Meta, said it is making the change to ...

Smartphone Free Childhood, a grassroots parents’ movement, called on WhatsApp to reverse change amid concerns ... s decision to lower the minimum age requirement, according to a 2022 study ...

These include a change to the minimum age you have ... The company said it was done to "ensure a consistent minimum age requirement for WhatsApp globally.” These changes are wide-ranging and ...

In a statement Thursday, UK-based campaign group Smartphone Free Childhood called on WhatsApp to reverse the new policy. “WhatsApp are putting shareholder profits first and children’s safety ...

INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE WhatsApp has lowered its minimum age requirement in Ireland from ... A WhatsApp spokesperson said the updates “do not change our commitment to user privacy and do ...

WhatsApp users are livid with the message service over a "highly irresponsible" decision as it puts "profits first". Campaigners have warned over the new rule - saying it could see cyberbullying ...

"This update will ensure a consistent minimum age requirement on WhatsApp globally." The ECHO understands the same age change will also be rolled out across the EU. WhatsApp said it "offers simple ...