Nov 22, 2021
Facebook and Instagram encryption plans delayed by Meta until 2023
Meta - as Facebook's parent company is now called - said messaging encryption on the apps would now come in 2023.The process means only the sender and receiver can read messages, but law enforcement or Meta cannot. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, has claimed that private messaging "Is the front line of child sexual abuse". The technology is the default for popular messaging service WhatsApp, also owned by Meta - but not the company's other apps. More than 9,470 instances of child sex abuse images and online child sex offences were reported to police. The NSPCC said that encrypting messages by default could lead to the easier spread of child abuse imagery or online grooming.
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