A WhatsApp spokesperson told TIME on Wednesday morning that the Meta-owned messaging platform is concerned about the reports coming from Iranian state television.
“We’re concerned these false reports will be an excuse for our services to be blocked at a time when people need them the most,” the emailed statement read. “All of the messages you send to family and friends on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted. We do not track your precise location, we don’t keep logs of who everyone is messaging, and we do not track the personal messages people are sending one another. We do not provide bulk information to any government.”
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purports that its “end-to-end encryption” effectively “locks” chats between individuals, and that no one, including WhatsApp, can access those messages.
A WhatsApp spokesperson told TIME that the messaging platform is concerned about the reports.
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A number of social media and messaging apps are banned or heavily restricted in Iran, including Instagram, Telegram, and X, but millions of Iranians still access the sites via VPNs.
In 2022, WhatsApp and Google Play were banned by the Iranian government
during nationwide protests after the death of
22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Iran
restored access to WhatsApp and Google Play in December 2024.
