Social media giant Meta has been urged to reverse the lowering of the minimum age to use WhatsApp.The change, which reduces the age limit from 16 to 13, came into force in the UK and EU on Thursday.Campaign group Smartphone Free Childhood said the move by Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram, was "tone deaf".

Social media giant Meta has been urged to reverse the lowering of the minimum age to use WhatsApp.The change, which reduces the age limit from 16 to 13, came into force in the UK and EU on Thursday.Campaign group Smartphone Free Childhood said the move by Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram, was "tone deaf".