

This law came into effect in May 2018 to protect the data and privacy of countries within Europe and the European Economic Area. Messaging apps must comply with privacy regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It's a useful refresher to say that META owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and a lot more. One famous example is Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, which allegedly sold sensitive user data to Cambridge Analytica throughout the 2010s. We have already seen well-known tech companies causing uproar due to their lack of transparency regarding users' data usage for profit.

However, while most apps from the big tech players, such as WhatsApp and Telegram, use end-to-end encryption, they are not reliable platforms that guarantee data privacy to users. We are more interconnected than ever, and social media and messaging apps play a vital role in today's interwoven way of life. The rapid development of new technologies directly affects the way people communicate daily.
