One of the world’s most popular social media platforms is walking away from its parent company’s biggest privacy promise. If you use Instagram to send private messages, something important changed on ...

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

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 ...

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

Meta has ended end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs globally, allowing the platform to access message content, media and voice notes when required.

Popular social media platform Instagram has officially removed its end-to-end encryption feature from Direct Messages (DMs) ...

You can now send a short note that lasts for 24 hours to a bunch of your Instagram friends — assuming they know to look for it. You can now send a short note that lasts for 24 hours to a bunch of your ...

Millions of users rely on Instagram not just for sharing photos and reels, but also for private conversations. However, a major change reportedly coming to Instagram’s messaging system has now sparked ...

Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading parent Meta Platforms Inc. to put even more emphasis on the tools ...