Instagram DMs lose end-to-end encryption as Meta reverses course
Mar 18th 2026
The change reopens automated content scanning, AI moderation, and faster compliance with legal requests, while TikTok says it never offered end-to-end encrypted DMs.
- Meta will end end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages on May 8, restoring the companys ability to access message content on its servers.
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- Private Instagram messages will no longer be encrypted, Meta says www.euronews.com
- Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May www.theguardian.com
- Your Instagram DMs are no longer encrypted: Meta is reversing course on privacy and removing end-to-end encryption from Instagra fortune.com
- US probing claims WhatsApp chats aren’t private – Bloomberg www.rt.com