Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the company wrote in an update on its support page. Unlike WhatsApp, Meta never ...

Meta plans to remove the option for end-to-end encrypted direct messages on Instagram by May 8, 2026. The company said the ...

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

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages from 8 May 2026, meaning private chats will no longer have ...

Instagram users may soon find their private messages a little less private. The platform ...

Instagram will discontinue its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging feature after May 8, 2026, confirmed Meta in a recent ...

Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8th. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luce says the platform is discontinuing the feature ...

Pulling the plug on privacy?

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 ...

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

TikTok confirms it will not add end to end encryption to direct messages, citing safety concerns and law enforcement access.