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    Cybersecurity Policy Report, Texas AG Sues WhatsApp Over ‘Inaccurate’ Privacy Policies, (May 26, 2026)

    By Tony Foley

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R.) has filed a lawsuit against WhatsApp LLC alleging that the messaging platform misled consumers regarding the strength and scope of its privacy protections.

    WhatsApp is marketed as a secure service that uses end-t ...

    By Tony Foley

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R.) has filed a lawsuit against WhatsApp LLC alleging that the messaging platform misled consumers regarding the strength and scope of its privacy protections.

    WhatsApp is marketed as a secure service that uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that only the sender and recipient should be able to access the content of messages, AG Paxton noted in a news release. Those representations have led millions of users to believe that their communications are fully private and inaccessible by third parties, he said.

    In the suit, the state alleges that investigations and insider accounts have shown WhatsApp’s privacy claims to be “blatantly inaccurate.” AG Paxton said reports suggested that employees of WhatsApp were able to access user communications and that message content could be pulled and viewed after messages were sent.

    “Texans deserve to know whether their private communications are indeed truly private,” AG Paxton said. “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.”

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