An international group of plaintiffs has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., accusing the company of making false and misleading claims about the privacy and security of WhatsApp chats, according to a Bloomberg report. The suit, lodged in the US District Court in San Francisco, challenges Meta’s long-standing assertion that WhatsApp messages are fully protected by end-to-end encryption and cannot be accessed by the company. WhatsApp has consistently promoted end-to-end encryption as a core feature, stating that it is enabled by default and assuring users inside chat windows that only the participants in the conversation can read, listen to, or share messages. Meta has repeatedly emphasised that such encryption ensures messages remain visible solely to the sender and receiver. Meta Called Out for Alleged Misleading Claims on WhatsApp Privacy However, the plaintiffs argue that these claims are false. The complaint asserts that Meta and WhatsApp “store, analyse, and can access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” contradicting the platform’s public statements. The lawsuit accuses Meta and its leadership of misleading billions of WhatsApp users across the world. Meta has dismissed the allegations as baseless, with spokesperson Andy Stone saying the company will seek sanctions against the lawyers… Read MoreBusiness Archives – Trak.in – Indian Business of Tech, Mobile & Startups
