Meta plans to end end-to-end encrypted direct messages on Instagram beginning May 8, 2026, according to recent reporting on the company’s shifting privacy strategy. The decision would reverse a ...

Encrypted Instagram chats end globally, changing how private DMs work for users Dubai: Instagram users will lose access to end-to-end encrypted direct messages from May 8, 2026. The change affects ...

Popular social media platform Instagram has officially removed its end-to-end encryption feature from Direct Messages (DMs) starting May 8, a move that has sparked concerns among users about chat ...

Meta recently posted that it would be ending end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages (DMs) on Instagram. Although the brand has cited that the feature is being removed because not too many ...

Instagram users across the world will no longer be able to use end-to-end encrypted direct messages (DMs) starting today, after Meta officially switched off the privacy-focused feature on the platform ...