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by p2detar 662 days ago
WhatsApp Communities are indeed E2E encrypted. About channels, why would you want a channel to be encrypted when you are just a follower and cannot communicate back? In fact WhatsApp's guidelines explicitly state the following:

> Channel updates should be used to share information with followers and viewers, not as a way for admins to communicate back and forth.

https://faq.whatsapp.com/671443411431514/