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Meta has announced it will remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages on May 8, 2026, reversing a privacy initiative CEO Mark Zuckerberg championed in 2019. The decision — which Meta attributes to low user adoption — arrives amid intensifying global regulatory pressure over child safety and encrypted messaging, and raises urgent questions about the future of private communication for Instagram's two billion users.