{"id":21801,"date":"2026-01-31T13:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/us-authorities-reportedly-investigate-claims-that-meta-can-read-encrypted-whatsapp-messages\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:37:49","slug":"us-authorities-reportedly-investigate-claims-that-meta-can-read-encrypted-whatsapp-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/us-authorities-reportedly-investigate-claims-that-meta-can-read-encrypted-whatsapp-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm \u2018can access virtually all\u2019 private communications, a claim the company has denied<\/p>\n<p>US authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users\u2019 encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns.<\/p>\n<p>The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta \u201ccan access virtually all of WhatsApp users\u2019 purportedly \u2018private\u2019 communications\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/31\/us-authorities-reportedly-investigate-claims-that-meta-can-read-encrypted-whatsapp-messages\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3b2d9e5704aa4cc63dbc19f3e9679f9ee8501778\/886_311_2237_1789\/master\/2237.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=96ab4248ea71fabaa944231c778335d8\" title=\"US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages\" \/>A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm \u2018can access virtually all\u2019 private communications, a claim the company has denied<br \/>\nUS authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users\u2019 encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns.<br \/>\nThe reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta \u201ccan access virtually all of WhatsApp users\u2019 purportedly \u2018private\u2019 communications\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm \u2018can access virtually all\u2019 private communications, a claim the company has denied US authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users\u2019 encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns. The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta \u201ccan access virtually &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/us-authorities-reportedly-investigate-claims-that-meta-can-read-encrypted-whatsapp-messages\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21801"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}