Posted May 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTCJExternal LinkThe Texas AG is suing Meta and WhatsApp.Paxton alleges that Meta can access WhatsApp messages despite Meta’s claims that they are end-to-end encrypted. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone says that WhatsApp “cannot access people’s encrypted communications and any suggestion to the contrary is false.”It’s been a busy couple days for Paxton; my colleague Lauren Feiner just posted about a lawsuit he filed against Discord.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay Peters