Whatsapp is under the obligation to comply with lawful intercept regulation wherever they operate, just the same as any other communications platform out there.

Whatsapp is under the obligation to comply with lawful intercept regulation wherever they operate, just the same as any other communications platform out there. and no, Whatsapp is not some 'small indie company that just happens to not have been noticed'. Pretending and using obfuscated language to lead the reader to believe otherwise is disingenuous.