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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Instagram Dropping End-to-End Encrypted Messaging on May 8

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Meta is killing E2E encrypted DMs on Instagram, pushing users toward standard messaging instead. A significant privacy rollback that affects the 2B+ user platform.

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