

The FT’s report on the leaked internal documents shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. It's only natural that the EU would want to regulate these apps on national security grounds.” messaging apps such as WhatsApp act as the ‘command and control centres’ for terrorist organisations. “Many European military commanders are complaining that U.S. “ Europe faces an acute terrorist threat,” said Mewawalla.

They may also have to allow the EU’s security services to access conversations held by suspected terrorists on their often-encrypted platforms.
