> A planned statement to the House of Lords on Wednesday afternoon will mark an eleventh-hour effort by ministers to end a stand-off with tech companies, includ

> A planned statement to the House of Lords on Wednesday afternoon will mark an eleventh-hour effort by ministers to end a stand-off with tech companies, including WhatsApp, that have threatened to pull their services from the UK Dear FT, WhatsApp is not a company, the owner of the WhatsApp service is Meta Inc., also the owner of Facebook and Instagram. (It is misleading to citizens that companies can hide behind the names of their acquisitions.)