A Meta spokesperson told PCMag it opted to remove the feature, which has proved controversial in the past, because ‘very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs.’ ...

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Instagram is dropping end-to-end encrypted messages from its direct messages, just over a year after introducing the feature.

Meta has confirmed it will end end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats on Instagram in May 2026, a move that could reshape ...

Meta will soon end Instagram’s end-to-end encrypted chats, citing low adoption and directing users to export affected messages.

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the ...

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) direct messages starting May 8, 2026, meaning private chats will ...

Meta’s rollback spotlights a global clash between user privacy and law enforcement access as governments push back against ...

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Unlike WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, where E2E encryption is either the default or automatically applied to certain message types, Instagram's deployment had always been partial and ...

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

Instagram is dropping end-to-end encryption for its direct messages starting this May. We break down Meta's reasons for this ...