QuickCheck: Are WhatsApp conversations and messages being recorded by the authorities?

WHILE an expectation of privacy is mostly wishful thinking on most social media platforms, people do expect a certain amount of it when using direct communication apps such as WhatsApp, especially when it comes to person-to-person chats.

Recently, a message has been circulating on social media that there is supposed to be a new communication rule by the "authorities" that they will record all calls and monitor all social media networks and forums, including the aforementioned WhatsApp.