Instagram will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages between users from May 8, 2026. When the date comes around, ...

Meta-owned Instagram has made a major decision regarding user privacy. The platform is discontinuing support for end-to-end ...

Should a privacy feature disappear simply because it was optional rather than universal?

Instagram is removing a privacy feature on May 8 that previously prevented the company from reading users’ direct messages, ...

Instagram could access your messages if it wanted to, and could share them if requested by law enforcement or other ...

Instagram has ceased support for end-to-end encryption in direct messages as of May 8, 2026, discontinuing the feature that ...

Meta says the feature had low usage, but privacy advocates say the move raises fresh concerns about user security ...

Instagram is removing end-to-end encryption from DMs, changing how private chats work on the app. Here is what the update ...

Meta has ended end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages from 8 May. The move could allow detection of CSAM, ...

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