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

The social media giant said that the change in Europe would "ensure a consistent minimum age requirement for WhatsApp globally". However, this move comes amid growing concerns about the ...

The Meta-owned messaging app raised the age requirement from 13 to 16 in Europe in 2018. However, it decided to change that earlier this year, saying it wanted to bring the app in line with the 13 ...

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 ...

"This update will ensure a consistent minimum age requirement on WhatsApp globally." WhatsApp added: "There will be no change to the services you receive. "As always, your personal messages 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 ... WhatsApp is also making changes to its international data transfer mechanisms and users in Europe ...

The messaging app, which is owned by Meta - the parent company of Facebook and Instagram - said the change will see ... a consistent minimum age requirement for WhatsApp globally".

The company said it was done to "ensure a consistent minimum age requirement for WhatsApp globally.” These changes are wide-ranging and, according to the Irish Mirror, come into effect on Friday ...

She said: “WhatsApp are putting shareholder ... to block and report the account.” The change is understood to be designed to bring the age requirement in line with other countries around ...