WhatsApp raises minimum age to 16 for Europeans ahead of GDPR

Facebook-owned messaging service will demand users confirm they are old enough to use app after raising age limit from 13

WhatsApp is raising the minimum user age from 13 to 16, potentially locking out large numbers of teenagers as the messaging app looks to comply with the EU’s upcoming new data protection rules.

The Facebook-owned messaging service that has more than 1.5 billion users will ask people in the 28 EU states to confirm they are 16 or older as part of a prompt to accept a new terms of service and an updated privacy policy in the next few weeks.

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