WhatsApp has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms, of misleading users about the privacy of their messages.
In a statement on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, WhatsApp described the lawsuit as frivolous and rejected claims that it can read users’ private messages.
“This is a frivolous lawsuit, and any claim that people’s WhatsApp messages are not encrypted is categorically false. WhatsApp has been end-to-end encrypted using the Signal protocol for a decade, and no one but the intended recipient can read your personal messages,” WhatsApp stated.
According to WhatsApp, end-to-end encryption ensures messages are encrypted on a user’s device and can only be decrypted on the recipient’s device.
While messages pass through WhatsApp’s servers, the company says they remain unreadable at all times.
WhatsApp also claimed that it uses the Signal protocol, a widely trusted open-source encryption standard also used by other secure messaging platforms.
