The US House has officially banned Congress employees to use WhatsApp on the device issued by the government, citing security issues.
Development was First reported According to the axiids.
According to the Chief Administrative Director of the House (CAO), the decision was motivated by the care of the security security.
“Cybersecurity management has considered WhatsApp high risk to users due to lack of transparency in how they protect users, lack of saved data encryption and potential safety risks associated with its use,” CAO said, Axios reports.
To this end, the home staff is forbidden to download the app on any device issued by the government, including its mobile, working and web browser versions.
WhatsApp pushed away from these problems, stating that the messages sent to the platform are encrypted by default and that it offers a “higher level” of security than most applications in the approved CAO list.
“We disagree with the characteristic of the Chief Administrative Director of the House of Representatives in the strongest conditions,” Meta Stone’s Communication Director – Note In a message on the Social Media X.
“We know that members and their staff regularly use WhatsApp, and we look forward to ensuring that the members of the House can join their Senate colleagues while doing it officially.”
As “acceptable” alternatives, the CAO message recommended that employees use applications such as Microsoft Teams, Amazon’s Wickr, Signal and Imessage and Facetime Apple. WhatsApp is the latest app that will be banned from home after Tiktok, Openai Chatgpt and Deepseek.
Last week app for messaging meta-driven – Note This brings advertising, trying to monetize the platform, but emphasizes that they are made in this way without sacrificing users’ privacy.
