Texas Sues Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Over Alleged Lies About Privacy

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Texas Sues Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Over Alleged Lies About Privacy

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Meta and WhatsApp, alleging deceptive practices regarding user privacy. The lawsuit claims that WhatsApp misrepresents its end-to-end encryption, suggesting that only the sender and receiver can access messages. Texas is seeking civil penalties and an order to prevent WhatsApp from accessing users' private communications.

Key facts

▪The lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has misled Texas residents about the security of their communications.
▪Paxton claims that Meta has access to users' private messages, contradicting WhatsApp's encryption claims.
▪Texas is requesting civil penalties of $10,000 per violation in the lawsuit.

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4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 31 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.

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▪ Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encrypt — Ars Technica
▪ Texas AG sues Meta over WhatsApp end-to-end encryption claims — Crypto Briefing
▪ Texas sues Meta, WhatsApp over encryption privacy claims — Investing.com — News

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Tech Texas Sues Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Over Alleged Lies About Privacy (NASDAQ: META), (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Arianna Hooker Contributor May 22, 2026 4:15 PM ET May 22, 2026 4:15 PM ET Arianna Hooker Contributor Font Size: const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { const adDivToHide = document.querySelector("#dailycaller_incontent_1"); if (adDivToHide && dc_noads_page) { adDivToHide.classList.add("hide-premium", "hide-free"); observer.disconnect(); console.log("Ad div found and hidden"); } }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday against Meta and its platform WhatsApp over privacy concerns, alleging the social media giant has lied to and deceived the…

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