Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?
- Written by Joel Scanlan, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Law; Academic Co-Lead, CSAM Deterrence Centre, University of Tasmania
Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2019.Anthony Quintano, CC BY-NCAs of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram.
Meta, in announcing the policy reversal, said it had done so because few people used the feature. But this has raised questions about its impact on user privacy and whether it will improve child...





