Tag: WhatsApp

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union

  

  Popular messaging service Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union. Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new EU data privacy regulations in May.

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 08:31 UTC

  Judge lifts suspension of Whatsapp and makes 100 million Brazilians happy

  

  The day after a Brazilian judge ordered the suspension of the Whatsapp cell-phone chat and voice service for 48 hours, cutting off millions of users from one of the country’s most popular communication services, another judge overturned the ban.

• Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Brazilian Judge has ordered the suspension of the messaging WhatsApp

  

  A Brazilian judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across the country because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation.