If you do not respond to this WhatsApp request, you will not be able to continue using the application.

If you do not respond to this WhatsApp request, you will not be able to continue using the application.

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The EU-led Digital Markets Act has seen tech giants make changes to the rules of their services. This time, WhatsApp's parent company Meta is complying with the age verification rule. For the first time, the instant messaging app will start asking users for their date of birth.

This was reported by our Greece WhatsApp Number List colleagues at WABetainfo, who discovered the new message that the app will display for age verification.

For now, age verification would only be available to users in the European Union, where the minimum age to use this type of app is 13 years old. It would also be required in the United States, in response to recent legislation in some states in the country.



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Everything indicates that the application will choose some accounts to which it will send the message requesting the date of birth.



However, all new users who register will have to verify their age. It is assumed that, if the user claims to be under 13 years old, WhatsApp will not allow them to continue using the application.

The screenshot shows a window in which you establish the date of birth as in any other application in which you are registering, so it is likely that WhatsApp does not actually verify the age of the users. Since it does not have a verification method through an ID document scanner, for example, the user can lie.

We will have to wait for the update in which age verification is integrated into WhatsApp to know how it works completely. Likewise, the fact that the company decides to extend the functionality to other regions is also an option. The truth is that these new laws have promoted the protection of minors on the Internet.