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

Were your DMs ever encrypted?

Meta’s announcement comes after years of criticism from child safety groups over feature ...

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

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted chats from May 8, 2026. The change means messages on the platform will no ...

Meta's decision to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram messages starting May 8, 2026, has sparked significant privacy ...

Popular social platform Instagram is set to remove end-to-end encryption from direct messages, a move that has sparked ...

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) direct messages starting May 8, 2026, meaning private chats will no longer use the additional encryption layer that previously helped keep ...

Meta Platforms will remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages starting May 8, 2026, allowing it to access ...

Company says it's removing end-to-end encryption because few users opted in to the feature. The state argues encryption makes ...