Can't speak for the entire Europe obviously, usage varies from country to country, but where I've been it's pretty well entrenched for bot social and business.

WhatsApp is widely used by UK ministers to communicate with potential donors, lobbyists and other politicians. I don't know why it's allowed; in-person meetings are supposed to have a civil servant present and taking notes. WhatsApp gets them off the FOI hook.

Case in point: The ongoing Covid-19 inquiry request for access to government WhatsApp messages: https://www.ft.com/content/208263bf-b6bb-4ea6-8e6b-ee2e522ac...

I thought it doesn't, the law just doesn't seem to be enforced properly?

is it feasible to have a reg where WhatsApp is allowed, as long as a copy of the transcript post-decryption goes to the national archives or whatnot?

Yeah, not entirely.

I've lived in both eastern and western Europe and it's used a lot almost everywhere. As far as I can tell, the more Russian-influenced countries tend to use other services.

It's still crazy to me how people use Viber en masse in a lot of those places. The UX is abysmal and it's full of manipulative ads. Habits are hard to change.

Definitely not everywhere. It's not widely used in my country.

> Never heard of it. Perhaps not in the entire europe?

Never heard of Whatsapp? Try removing the comments where you talk about it then.

I'm sorry you can't understand text.