Whatsapp raises the age requirement to 16 for the EU as part of GDPR

24 April 2018
All other regions' minimum age will remain 13 years old. The change is part of Europe’s new data regulations.

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They will keep collecting data from the users anyway -_-

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    • Anonymous
    • JQ}
    • 25 Apr 2018

    pretty sure people under 16 will start lying about their age

      gargi, 25 Apr 2018So now we have to give whatsapp our age?? thank you EU!!I'm pretty sure they already know

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        • gargi
        • Q{x
        • 25 Apr 2018

        So now we have to give whatsapp our age?? thank you EU!!

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          • Anonymous
          • JG0
          • 25 Apr 2018

          Anonymous, 25 Apr 2018LOL so kids are too young to use a chat app, but not too yo... moreHaha, exactly.

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            • Daany
            • Nuf
            • 25 Apr 2018

            The only update I need from WhatsApp now is international verification. I've been outside of india for 11 months now and can't change my WhatsApp to another phone.

              Without any ID verification it'll probably just as effective as the "I'm 18 years or older" button on certain other services.

                Whatsapp doesn't ask for age when making an account, so how will they know?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 0BG
                  • 25 Apr 2018

                  LOL so kids are too young to use a chat app, but not too young to have sex (The age of consent id 14 in many of the EU countries.
                  Typical liberal "logic".

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                    • Anonymous
                    • LDc
                    • 25 Apr 2018

                    And....how whatsapp pretend to restrict the age on children??? Spying FB to obtain the age and personal data......Oh wait...they do that actually. Sorry folks.

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