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00:02Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in Harrison County Court against Meta
00:07and its messaging platform WhatsApp. According to Benzinga,
00:12the suit accuses the companies of falsely marketing WhatsApp as secure and fully encrypted,
00:17while Meta allegedly retained access to nearly all private user communications.
00:22The suit seeks monetary penalties and a court order barring Meta and WhatsApp
00:26from accessing Texans' messages without consent.
00:30Spokesman Andy Stone denied the allegations in a post on X,
00:33saying WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption prevents the company from viewing private conversations.
00:39Texas based the case partly on media reports about a federal investigation
00:43and a whistleblower complaint to the SEC.
00:46The lawsuit was filed under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
00:50Meta traded at $607.38, up 0.38%,
00:55and slipped to $606.50 in pre-market trading on Friday,
01:00according to Benzinga Pro.
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