As of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram. Meta, in announcing the policy reversal, said it had done so because few people used the feature. But this has ...

Meta first added end-to-end encryption to Facebook Messenger chats in 2016 ...

Instagram is making a controversial change to its privacy practices. Starting Friday, the platform will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages between users, potentially allowing Meta to ...

As of May 8, 2026, Meta, the multinational conglomerate that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has ended end-to-end encryption for Instagram messages. End-to-end encryption is a security measure ...

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...