The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses ...

The chief administrative officer claims the messaging app is ‘high-risk.’ ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has banned other apps from staff devices in the past, including the short video app TikTok because of security concerns. The Office of the Chief Administrative ...

U.S. House of Representatives staff have reportedly been banned from using WhatsApp. Axios reports that the House's chief administrative officer informed employees on Monday that Meta's messaging app ...

The United States House of Representatives has reportedly placed a ban on the use of WhatsApp and has now asked its staff to avoid accessing or installing it on government-owned devices starting ...

Messaging app WhatsApp has been banned on congressional staffers’ government devices, the House’s chief administrative officer confirmed Monday. “Protecting the People’s House is our ...

The ban applies to mobile, desktop and web browser versions of the app, Axios quoted the CAO as saying.“If you have a WhatsApp application on your House-managed device, you will be contacted to ...

Meta is pushing back against a ban on WhatsApp from government devices. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The chief administrative officer, or CAO, of the U.S. House of ...

Meta is pushing back after WhatsApp has been reportedly banned from all US House staffers' government-issued devices due to security concerns about how the app handles user data. Axios first ...

It's not the first time the company has been called out for its breaches. Meta pushed back. Spokesperson Andy Stone called the ban "misguided" and said it misunderstood WhatsApp's protections.