New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Meta has claimed for years that the conversations on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted and thus cannot be seen by anyone including the platform itslef. That claim, however, has come into question with a new lawsuit where an international group of plaintiffs has sued the company alleging that it made false claims about the privacy and security of WhatsApp.

The lawsuit which was filed in the US Distrcit Court in San Francisco on Friday alleges that Meta's privacy claims are false, according to a Bloomberg report. The plaintiffs argue that Meta and WhatsApp can "store, analyze, and can access virtually all of WhatsApp users' purportedly 'private' communications".

The plaintiffs argue that Meta can access virtually all...