What happens if you agree to the new Whatsapp terms of use by 15.5. disagree? The answer!
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Whatsapp: This will happen on May 15th if you don’t agree
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May 15, 2021 is an important deadline for Whatsapp users. Because if you have not agreed to the new terms of use by this date, you can only use WhatsApp to a very limited extent afterwards. Whatsapp has now revealed what is still possible with Messenger after May 15, 2021 without agreeing to the new terms of use.
If you have not agreed to the new terms of use by May 15, 2021, you do not have to fear that Facebook (which owns Whatsapp) will delete your Whatsapp account. That should expressly not happen, like Whatsapp in its FAQ
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. Instead, the Whatsapp policies for inactive users who
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From this day onwards, Whatsapp can only be used to a very limited extent. For a short time, a user who has not agreed to the new terms of use should still be able to receive calls and notifications. But you can no longer read messages and you can no longer send WhatsApp messages. So the real purpose of Whatsapp is lost.
But these restrictions can easily be removed again. You just have to agree to the new terms of use – which will hardly change for users in Germany. So this is still possible without any problems after May 15, 2021. Only if your Whatsapp has not been connected to the Internet for more than 120 days,
You can also export your chat history on an Android device or iPhone and a report on your account until May 15, 2021
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. This contains account information and settings, but not news and media.
However, if you make up your mind and want to delete your WhatsApp account, WhatsApp will point out that all your chats and data will then be lost.
PC-WELT advises:
If you want to get away from Whatsapp, do not delete your Whatsapp account yet, but install a second messenger such as Signal or Telegram and try to communicate with as many of your previous contacts as possible via this new messenger. If the contacts that are most important to you have gradually switched from Whatsapp to the new Messenger, you can delete your Whatsapp account entirely.
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