US EditionUK investigates Meta's compliance with WhatsApp data requests
Ofcom investigates Meta over possible incomplete or inaccurate data on WhatsApp Business's role in UK messaging, with legal accuracy requirements under the Communications Act.
- On Jan 23, plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against Meta Platforms, Inc., alleging false privacy claims about WhatsApp by plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa.
- Meta Platforms, Inc. describes end-to-end encryption as central to WhatsApp, which has used the Signal protocol for about a decade and notifies users that `only people in this chat can read, listen to, or share` messages.
- Plaintiffs contend that WhatsApp message content is stored and accessible to workers, alleging Meta Platforms, Inc. and WhatsApp store, analyse, and can access virtually all user communications, citing unspecified whistleblowers.
- A Meta spokesperson dismissed the case as `frivolous` and said Meta Platforms, Inc. `will pursue sanctions against plaintiffs' counsel`, calling claims about encryption `categorically false and absurd`.
- Plaintiffs have asked the court to certify the case as a class action while attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Keller Postman did not respond, and Jay Barnett declined comment on Jan 24.
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Meta can read your WhatsApp chats, lawsuit claims; Elon Musk reacts: Story in 5 points
A US lawsuit claims Meta can access WhatsApp messages despite end-to-end encryption promises. Meta has denied the allegations, while Elon Musk questioned WhatsApp’s security. Here is the full story in 5 points.
Pavel Durov Says You'd Have To Be 'Braindead' To Believe WhatsApp Is Secure In 2026 As Lawsuit Puts Question Mark On App's Encryption
Telegram founder Pavel Durov criticized WhatsApp's security as Meta faces a lawsuit accusing it of misleading users about chat privacy, while Google separately disclosed an unpatched Android vulnerability that has intensified scrutiny of the messaging platform.
Pável Dúrov is Telegram’s founder and CEO, who recently warned about WhatsApp’s security issues. In January 2026, Pável Dúrov revealed that Telegram analyzed the encryption that WhatsApp uses and found multiple attack vectors that violate user security. Who is Pável Dúrov? Telegram’s founder known as “Russian Zuckerberg”Pável Valérievich Dúrov, better known as Pável Dúrov, is the founder of Telegram, which he created in 2013 after his departure …
A few weeks after exceeding the 45 million monthly users in the European Union, Whatsapp joins the list of "very large platforms", with the key, a tightening of sanctions in case of non-compliance.
WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by the US company Meta Platforms, will be subject to stricter regulation after the European Commission (EC) classified it as a major internet platform under the EU's Digital Services Regulation (DSA). However, the measure will not apply to private conversations, the commission said on Monday.
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