WhatsApp is the largest messaging platform in the whole world, and in case you didn't know this, it is owned by Facebook, this being the basis of many problems and scandals in recent years. Facebook has repeatedly said, just like WhatsApp, that the platform is a safe one, that has encrypted messages, that they cannot be intercepted, but still the American company can control what is transferred through its servers.
WhatsApp was at the center of a huge scandal the other day due to messages sent to various users in Australia telling them that supermarkets will be closed as part of the zonal quarantines due to the Coronavirus. Well, the information was false, and the authorities began to put pressure on Facebook because of what is happening within WhatsApp, the American company saying that it is working to limit the spread of this false information.
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WhatsApp should not have mechanisms that would allow Facebook to prevent the spread of information of any kind, if the messages were really encrypted and could not be read by anyone. The only solution to prevent the spread of messages of this kind would be to block the accounts from which they are distributed, but Facebook does not clearly say what it does to prevent the distribution of false information through WhatsApp, so no one really knows what is happening.
"New South Wales Health has issued a warning about misinformation circulating on WhatsApp, which claims supermarkets in Sydney will close as part of the ongoing lockdown, with the Facebook owner saying it is working to limit the spread of misinformation on its private messaging app. "
WhatsApp has been sending messages for several weeks telling people all over the world that the messages they send or receive are 100% encrypted and secure within its platform. The company puts a lot of emphasis on this because of the many discussions related to the fact that WhatsApp can have messages intercepted, and Facebook makes it clear that it has solutions to control the distribution of information.
WhatsApp is one of the biggest messaging platforms in the whole world, it is used by billions of people at the moment, but how safe or not the messages sent through it are, it is difficult to say.
