Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging oversight.

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

Meta is getting rid of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram's DMs. There's no second guessing there. However, the story behind why Meta is going through with the change is a lot more complicated ...

Meta says barely anyone used it. Critics say that's not the point. Instagram's most private feature is gone — and the timing couldn't be more loaded. The post Instagram is getting rid of its most ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Independent analysis of 15 leading AI chat platforms reveals critical gaps in privacy, encryption, and data portability as global AI chat usage ...

Pulling the plug on privacy?

Proton Lumo, an AI agent with end-to-end encrypted chats, runs on open source models like Mistral, with stronger privacy ...

In today’s digital age, protecting personal conversations has become more important than ever. Messaging platforms are ...

Instagram said that users with chats currently protected by end-to-end encryption will be notified in the app about the ...