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‘Totally False’: WhatsApp Chief Rejects Claims Meta Can Read Private Messages

Meta denies allegations of internal access to WhatsApp messages and highlights new lockdown feature protecting high-risk users from sophisticated cyberattacks.

  • WhatsApp's chief, Will Cathcart, denied Meta has access to read private messages on WhatsApp due to end-to-end encryption.
  • A lawsuit alleges Meta employees can access WhatsApp messages through an internal system, bypassing encryption, but lacks technical evidence.
  • Meta has threatened sanctions against the 'frivolous' lawsuit, calling the claims 'absurd and false', and highlighting WhatsApp's encryption and privacy features.
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Meta always stresses that messages on the WhatsApp chat platform are encrypted in such a way that no one can see them. According to a media report, the opposite allegations are now available.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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The new feature - Restrictive account settings - further raises the security bar of WhatsApp (with an eye for public characters and journalists): a guide to activating it on iOS and Android

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Elon Musk took advantage of the controversy of violations of the privacy of WhatsApp users to attract users to X. Meta is pointed out to lie to its users with end-to-end encryption security, claiming that the company has access to the conversations of those who use WhatsApp. Elon Musk takes advantage of whatstApp scandal to attract users to XMeta faces a collective lawsuit for lying with its privacy policies to its users. In this regard, Elon Mu…

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The Free Press Journal broke the news in Mumbai, India on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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