Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused the popular messaging app of falsely claiming that chats are inaccessible to third parties

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed what he described as a “landmark” lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of “falsely claiming” that WhatsApp messages are encrypted and inaccessible to third parties, including its own employees.

The messaging app, acquired by Meta in 2014, states on its website that “no one outside of the chat, not even WhatsApp, can read, listen to, or share what a user says.”

On Thursday, the Texas Attorney General’s office announced that Paxton had initiated legal proceedings…

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