Were your DMs ever encrypted?

Bad news for anyone sliding into the DM’s—Instagram will no longer support encrypted messaging.

Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino ...

Meta’s announcement comes after years of criticism from child safety groups over feature ...

In a shocking update, Instagram is set to remove end-to-end encryption, marking a major turnaround from its prior push to ...

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

Instagram is set to discontinue its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging feature, a move that could change how private ...

Meta has announced it will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages on Instagram, a feature that ensures only ...

This rather outrageous move hasn't been explained at all. In a very definitive case of 'not something that happens very often ...

Company says it's removing end-to-end encryption because few users opted in to the feature. The state argues encryption makes ...

Pulling the plug on privacy?

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the ...