After the storm, calm arrives and after the announcement of The arrival of advertising to WhatsAppnow we know that this surely does not affect the European Union.
According to the European Commission, WhatsApp’s decision to include advertisements in the States section, the subscription of payment to channels the introduction of promoted channels “It will not apply in the European Union”.
“We have discussed them with goal (WhatsApp matrix), but por the information we have received from the goal of these changes will not apply in the EU”, Explained the spokesman for technological sovereignty of the European Commission, Thomas Regnier, at the institution’s daily press conference.
As the company explained yesterday, it would allow companies Disseminate messages to great audiences, something that did not please everyone.
This too Open the possibility of payment subscriptions to the channelswhose owners will be able to share exclusive updates at the time with their most committed followers.
The third novelty refers to The states, which are used to share photos, videos, voice and text notes with contacts in common and last 24 hours.
This demonstrates again that The EU has very strict rules (or at least firmer than the United States or Asia) Regarding the privacy and monopoly of social networks. And also regulates advertising very firmly.