Meta lowers minimum age for using WhatsApp from 16 to 13, faces flak
12 Apr 2024
Co-founder Daisy Greenwell told The Times: “WhatsApp is putting shareholder profits first and children’s safety second. “Reducing their age of use from 16 to 13 years old is completely tone deaf and ignores the increasingly loud alarm bells being rung by scientists, doctors, teachers, child safety experts, parents and mental health experts alike.”