Texas Sues Meta and WhatsApp for Lying About Encrypted Messages, Are Your Chats Really Private?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC on May 21, 2026, in a Harrison County district court, alleging the companies spent years telling users their messages were private while secretly maintaining a system to read them. The lawsuit is being brought under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices…
