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

Instagram is making a major shift starting May 8, 2026. The platform will officially pull the plug on end-to-end encryption ...

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

Meta claimed for years that it was technically challenging to implement end-to-end encryption across Facebook Messenger and ...

The company says the feature wasn't popular with users.

Instagram direct messages are protected by end-to-end encryption. But in the next few weeks, all of that changes.

Meta is set to discontinue its end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages, which creates global security issues ...

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Instagram has quietly rolled out the ability for users to schedule direct messages. The Meta-owned social network confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday that the new feature is rolling out to all users ...

Meta will soon end Instagram’s end-to-end encrypted chats, citing low adoption and directing users to export affected ...