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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Meta will end Instagram encrypted DMs on May 8, 2026, dropping optional chat privacy and directing users to WhatsApp.

Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, according to an update on its support page. The change requires users who ...