Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged the country’s public to remove the messaging app WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without offering any evidence the app gathered user information to send to Israel. WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted, which means a service provider in the middle can't read messages. WhatsApp says it does not track users' precise location and does not track personal messages. Iran had banned WhatsApp in 2022 following mass protests. It lifted the ban late last year.
