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 ...

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

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".

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WhatsApp has lowered its minimum age limit in Ireland and Europe ... ensure there was a consistent minimum age requirement around the world. The changes come into effect on Friday as part of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The requirement to allow messaging to other ... In addition to those changes made in response to European rules, the minimum age to use WhatsApp in Europe and the UK will fall from 16 to 13. It is ...

WhatsApp is popular across the UK and Europe (Picture: Getty) WhatsApp is lowering the minimum age for its popular messaging service from 16 to 13 in the UK and Europe. The move brings it inline ...

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 ...