As part of the improvement of the service and the messaging platform WhatsAppthis 2024 they have indicated that they will be implemented updates from eleven of Aprilin order to comply with new regulations and to ensure safety. Therefore, users must accept all to wear this application and follow communications.
In order to comply with the new Digital Services Law (LSD), presented in December 2020 by the European Commission, which came into force from November 2022 and will apply from May 2023, WhatsApp has reported that new updates will be key so that all users who accept these conditions can wear the application without restrictions.
Since the new law is a regulation in which the European Union orders “Big Tech” such as Microsoft, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta and Apple, to adopt a series of measures to end the monopoly, since if they do not do so they will be creditors. to a fine of up to 10% of their annual global income.
The new updates that users must accept to continue using WhatsApp
The company belonging to Meta will have to meet a series of requirements, so the platform will implement new updates which will include the reduction of the minimum age range for users from 16 to 13 years old, as long as there is adult supervision.
Also the application WhatsApp It will allow communication with people from other applications such as Telegram or Signal, and text or multimedia messages can be sent and received, located in a new tab of the application called “Third Party Chats”.
So it is essential that users of this application accept all the news updates for the purpose of power use WhatsAppbecause from eleven of April This change will be reflected in devices belonging to the European Union. However, there is still no information about its arrival in Mexico and Latin America.