ads will be globally introduced to WhatsApp's updates tab

Europeans can enjoy ad-free WhatsApp for a while.
While Meta said 'slowly over the next several months,' the company has now clarified to Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DCP) that they won't arrive in the European Union market until 2026. That gives EU privacy regulators time to discuss data-sharing concerns about the ad model.

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