WhatsApp Barred From Apple Case

WhatsApp has been denied permission to join a major legal challenge over UK government demands for access to encrypted data, as a special tribunal confirms a seven-day public hearing will go ahead in 2026.

WhatsApp Shut Out of High-Stakes Encryption Fight

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which hears complaints about UK surveillance and investigatory powers, has rejected an application by WhatsApp to intervene in two linked legal challenges over the use of secret government powers to weaken encryption.