Facebook Messenger: The battle over end-to-end encryption

The UK government and a coalition of charities are urging the British public to put pressure on Facebook not to introduce end-to-end encryption on its Messenger service. Billions of people have embraced end-to-end encryption by using services such as WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal. On social media, the UK Home Office tweeted a video illustrating messages from a predator to a child, disappearing behind the encryption. "We're calling on social-media platforms to make a public commitment that they will only implement end-to-end encryption when they have the technology to ensure children's safety won't be put in jeopardy as a result," a representative said. In November, parent company Meta delayed plans to roll out end-to-end encryption to Facebook Messenger and Instagram direct messages until 2023, after pressure from child-safety groups.

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