The minimum age limit for the messaging application drops from 16 to 13 years.
The messaging application Whatsapp lowers its age limit in Europe. Previously, the minimum age limit for the application was 16 years, but in the future it will be 13 years.
The change will take effect on April 11.
To be found on Whatsapp’s website bulletin according to the background of the change is the effort to ensure that the age limit is uniform everywhere.
So the age limit on Whatsapp is going back to what it was originally. The age limit for the application increased from 13 years to 16 years in 2018 according to the European Union’s data protection regulation.
In practice, nothing really changes, because Whatsapp hasn’t exactly monitored the age of its users in the past, but instead relies on Age to be declared by the user. Younger users can also create a Whatsapp ID with the permission of their parent or guardian.