Anonymous20 days ago
Meta has announced it will remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram Direct Messages effective May 8, 2026, reversing a privacy commitment Mark Zuckerberg made in 2019. The decision — justified by low user adoption of the opt-in feature — leaves the platform's 3 billion monthly users without encrypted messaging and arrives amid mounting child safety lawsuits, regulatory pressure from the UK and EU, and growing questions about whether Meta will use newly accessible message data for AI training and advertising.