The Texas AG is suing Meta and WhatsApp. – The Verge

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 [Texas Attorney General] 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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