The repercussions of the mandatory update decision of WhatsApp, the messaging platform within the social media giant Facebook, continue. WhatsApp, whose number of users decreased rapidly after the change it dictated, published a new statement regarding the reaction to the update decision.

Upon reactions, WhatsApp postponed the approval of the new confidentiality agreement to May 15. According to the news of NTV, the messaging platform that came to the account of those who did not accept the contract was announced as of this date.

According to the statement, accounts that do not accept WhatsApp’s new privacy agreement until this date will be able to see messages and calls to their accounts for a few days, but will not be able to use the app to read or respond to them. Accounts that do not approve the contract will be ‘inactive’ for 120 days, during which time these users will be given the chance to return and accept the new contract.

If the user does not accept the contract at the end of 120 days, that is, if the account is not reactivated, it will be automatically deleted. In other words, these users will lose their WhatsApp accounts. WhatsApp, the messaging platform within Facebook, announced on January 15, after the reactions, that it has postponed these new terms from February 8 to May 15.

The Competition Board took action for the new confidentiality agreement of WhatsApp, which caused reactions in Turkey as well as all over the world, and in the statement made by the board, it was announced that Facebook and WhatsApp were officially investigated.

The Competition Board was also reported that the obligation to share data with WhatsApp was stopped. In the article on the website of the Competition Board, the concerns arising from the use of the aforementioned data in other markets where Facebook operates and that it is mandatory for the use of WhatsApp were also listed under Law No. 4054.