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AUSTIN (KVIA) -- Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a suit against Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp. Paxton alleged the company misled consumers about privacy protections on the messaging app. WhatsApp is marketed as a "secure" messaging service by using end-to-end encryption. The encryption lets the sender and recipient access messages, but the platform itself can't. Attorney General Paxton alleges the security claims are inaccurate. He said reports imply WhatsApp employees have been able to access messages. “Texans deserve to know whether their private communications are indeed truly private,” said Attorney General Paxton in a statement. “WhatsApp markets its services as secure and encrypted, but it does not deliver on those promises. I am suing to protect Texans’ privacy and ensure that WhatsApp by Meta does not mislead Texans by unlawfully accessing private conversations and data.”  Paxton filed several lawsuits over privacy concerns, including against Netflix. He recently made a settlement with LG. Attorney General Paxton is currently challenging Senator John Coryn in the high stake Republican runoff for the 2026 U.S. Senate. BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation. Please keep your comments respectful and relevant.

Posted May 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC J External Link Jay Peters The Texas AG is suing Meta and WhatsApp. Paxton alleges that Meta can access WhatsApp messages despite Meta’s claims that they are end-to-end encrypted. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone says that WhatsApp “cannot access people’s encrypted communications and any suggestion to the contrary is false.” It’s been a busy couple days for Paxton; my colleague Lauren Feiner just posted about a lawsuit he filed against Discord. Attorney General Paxton Files Landmark Lawsuit Against Meta and WhatsApp for Lying About Privacy Measures and Deceiving Texans by Falsely Claiming WhatsApp Messages are Encrypted Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Jay Peters

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Published May 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT Updated May 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM CDT Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Meta and its messaging app WhatsApp, accusing the companies of misleading Texans about how private their messages really are. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims WhatsApp falsely told users their messages were protected by end-to-end encryption — meaning only the sender and recipient could read them. The state argues Meta and WhatsApp still had ways to access some user messages despite those promises. “WhatsApp’s assurances are false,” the lawsuit read. “WhatsApp and its parent company, Meta, have access to virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications.” According to court records, Paxton alleges WhatsApp marketed itself as a secure messaging app by telling users that “not even WhatsApp” could see their conversations. But the lawsuit alleges company employees and contractors were able to review certain messages. The lawsuit also cites a Bloomberg report from April about a federal investigation into WhatsApp’s privacy claims. According to the report, a Commerce Department investigator concluded there was “no limit” to the type of WhatsApp messages Meta could access. Bloomberg said it couldn’t independently verify the claim, which Meta denied. Paxton’s office is asking

Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman. | Photo Credit: PTI Police have registered a case in connection with an alleged death threat received by Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman through a WhatsApp call and message, officials said on Wednesday (May 20, 2026). According to police, a case has been registered against an unidentified person at Hariparvat police station under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and an investigation has been initiated. Mr. Suman said he received the alleged death threat through a WhatsApp call on March 5, 2026, following which threatening and abusive messages were also sent from a mobile number via WhatsApp. The MP alleged that he had earlier received threats several times through social media platforms and had lodged a complaint with the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police on March 8. He claimed that police registered the FIR only after nearly two-and-a-half months, which, according to him, reflected a lack of seriousness on the part of the authorities. Mr. Suman also alleged that police action had remained lax in connection with an attack on his residence in 2025. Police sources said details of the number from which the threatening messages were sent were

Faizan Farooque Wed, May 20, 2026 at 1:17 PM CDT 1 min read This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms (META, Financials) is trying to calm European regulators by offering rival AI chatbots limited free access to WhatsApp, but some competitors are not convinced. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 2 Warning Sign with META. Is META fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The proposal would let outside AI assistants use WhatsApp's business API in Europe without charge up to a certain message limit. After that, Meta would begin charging fees. The offer comes as the European Commission reviews whether Meta gave its own AI assistant an unfair advantage on WhatsApp. Regulators are considering whether to require broader access while the investigation continues. Meta had earlier limited WhatsApp access to Meta AI before changing its policy in March and allowing rivals to use the platform for a fee. Smaller AI companies said the new offer still falls short. Their concern is simple: Meta AI does not need to use WhatsApp's API in the same way outside chatbots do.

The latest edition of my email newsletter about work in Parliament, A Lord’s Eye View, is out and you can also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are published, sign up now: The use of WhatsApp for decision-making at senior levels of government is in the news again, due to concerns that this means we do not get a proper audit trail of who decided what and when. The government had previously promised to update its guidance on the use of WhatsApp but the promised deadline was missed. So the latest news was a good reason to return to that topic in Parliament. Read on to find out what happened. The government missed its WhatsApp deadline Lord Beamish, chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has been in the news raising concerns about the government’s use of WhatsApp: He said it was “extraordinary to see how much government business appears to be being conducted over unofficial systems”. “Lengthy WhatsApp conversations between senior officials and ministers appear now to be the format by which government policy is formulated.” He said the committee had raised the

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​Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the Best Stocks to Invest in For 5 Years According to Billionaires . On May 13, Reuters reported that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is launching a new Incognito Chat feature on WhatsApp for conversations with the company’s AI assistant. ​The report highlighted that this new feature is aimed at addressing the concerns regarding data privacy. Management noted that the incognito chat feature will ensure that the conversations with the Meta AI assistant remain hidden from everyone, including the company itself. These messages will not be saved and will automatically disappear. ​Reuters also highlighted that the initiative responds to a widespread concern that people routinely share personal, financial, health, and work-related information with AI assistants. Head of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, emphasized that users should not have to expose the personal context behind their questions to the companies operating these AI systems. ​Moreover, initially, the Incognito Chat supports text only, with no option to upload images. The chat also features built-in guardrails, which handle inappropriate queries intelligently. The company also plans to roll out additional Side Chat features in the coming months, which will allow users to get help while chatting with other users. ​Meta

Updated 18 May 2026 at 18:31 IST Chilling WhatsApp chats of former Miss Pune Twisha Sharma reveal extreme emotional distress and alleged harassment before she was found hanged in Bhopal. Twisha Sharma WhatsApp Chats Reveal Distress Before Death | Image: Republic Heartbreaking WhatsApp conversations between digital content creator and former Miss Pune, Twisha Sharma, and her mother have surfaced, shedding light on the severe emotional turmoil she experienced just days before her tragic demise. The text messages, initially accessed by Republic, layout the sheer helplessness of the 31-year-old. Caught in a web of isolation, Twisha was allegedly subjected to relentless mental harassment by her husband and in-laws only months after her wedding. Suspicious Demise and Family Allegations Twisha Sharma, originally a resident of Noida, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in the Katara Hills locality of Bhopal on the night of May 12. She had tied the knot with Bhopal-based attorney Samarth Singh in December 2025, barely five months before the incident. While the official autopsy report pointed to hanging as the definitive cause of death, her grieving family points to visible injury marks across her body. They allege foul play, asserting that she was murdered rather than dying