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Meta’s WhatsApp to join Apple lawsuit over UK investigatory powers

By Patricia Figueiredo ( June 12, 2025, 14:35 GMT | Insight) -- Meta’s WhatsApp unit has applied to intervene in Apple’s lawsuit against the UK Home Office over surveillance powers, the company confirmed today. The messaging platform told a London tribunal that the case could set a “dangerous precedent” by weakening security technologies. The move follows Apple’s legal challenge to a UK government order, served under the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act and reportedly demanding access to encrypted data.Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp has submitted an application to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Apple against the UK government’s use of investigatory powers, the company confirmed today....

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