“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 17 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 April 2020, 23 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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