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US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages


A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has denied

US authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users’ encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns.

The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta “can access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications”.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/31/us-authorities-reportedly-investigate-claims-that-meta-can-read-encrypted-whatsapp-messages

Author : Aisha Down

Publish date : 2026-01-31 13:01:00

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