Yes, a WhatsApp message could be subject to FOI – but you'd have to find it first
- Written by Moira Paterson, Professor of Law, Monash University
Secure messaging services like WhatsApp often feature in the news in the context of their potential use by terrorists.
But paradoxically they are now used increasingly by Commonwealth government ministers and other senior officials.
This raises important issues in terms of record-keeping, and whether messages on these services are accessible via...
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