WhatsApp Use Age Grows

The popular message platform WhatsApp will not allow those under the age of 16 to use this service in the European Union.

Currently, the limit is 13 years old, but the company is changing rules before entering into force in May of new European regulations for personal data. The Anjuta App, which is owned by Facebook, will require users to confirm their age when forced to accept new service conditions in the coming weeks.

However, it is not clear how the age limit will be verified. The general European regulation of data protection, which goes into effect on May 25th, will give people a much greater control over the way companies use their information. Individuals will also have the right to erase their data.

The regulation also includes specific protection for children so that their data does not accumulate for marketing purposes. What App, who has faced criticism for his past practices, said the change would help him have high transparency standards in the EU, the TCH writes. But in the rest of the world the limit will continue to remain 13 years old, something showing that change comes only from new regulations and not from the company's awareness.

Facebook, meanwhile, has another approach to new users. To adapt to the new regulation, Facebook is urging young people between 13 and 15 years of age to appoint a parent or a Guardian to give permission to share information on the platform. If they don't, their Facebook version won't be personal and very limited. /Telegraphy/