According to the House Chief Administrative Officer, WhatsApp poses a high risk due to its lack of transparency in data handling, absence of encryption for stored data, and potential vulnerabilities. Staff are now prohibited from using the app across mobile, desktop, and web versions. Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, strongly disagrees, insisting the platform offers end-to-end encryption by default and even stronger protections than many of the apps approved by the House. As

Meta released two new privacy features for WhatsApp. One of the features consist in “Silence Unknown Callers” which gives the user the...

Fairplay research found that social media platforms, such as Instagram, Tiktok and WhatsApp, don’t offer the same level of child safety...

It was settled that the European Committee had to increase the WhatsApp fine for violating the European Union data protection rules. On...