[nanokilo]

Forgive my naivety, but aren’t Whatsapp messages encrypted? If so, how can the authorities see what’s written in them?

[josephagoss]

If people in the chat want him suspended, I guess it is those people with the complaint making a recording/listing of the chats and then passing the evidence onto authorities.

[everly]

Someone in the group chat is a snitch.

[fouc]

I thought only 1-to-1 messages were encrypted and group chat wasn't.

[aitchnyu]

Whatsapp does E2E for groups, which have upto 256 members. A Matrix dev said they scaled E2E to groups with thousands.

[likpok]

The group chat is also encrypted, but anyone in the group chat can share the messages.

[afterburner]

Maybe someone snitched?

[_frip]

That is exactly what happened.