Lawsuit Details
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against WhatsApp and its parent company Meta. The complaint alleges that WhatsApp fails to guarantee users encryption of their conversations, and that the company has access to "virtually all" private communications on the app.
Case Background
The lawsuit was registered in Harrison County court under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Paxton is seeking a court injunction to prevent Meta and WhatsApp from accessing Texans' messages without their consent and to impose monetary penalties.
Meta's Response
Meta representative Andy Stone stated that the company cannot read users' encrypted conversations.
Previous Cases
Paxton has previously filed similar lawsuits against tech giants over data privacy violations. In May 2025, Google agreed to pay around $1.4 billion to settle claims of violating users' data privacy.