{"id":52614,"date":"2026-03-13T23:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52614"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:28:44","slug":"instagram-discontinues-end-to-end-encryption-for-dmsutm_sourcerss1-0mainlinkanonutm_mediumfeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/13\/instagram-discontinues-end-to-end-encryption-for-dmsutm_sourcerss1-0mainlinkanonutm_mediumfeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Discontinues End-To-End Encryption For DMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"fhbody-180974708\">\n<div id=\"text-180974708\" class=\"p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tMeta plans to remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE) from Instagram direct messages by May 8, 2026. &#8220;Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we&#8217;re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months,&#8221; says Meta. &#8220;Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.&#8221; The Hacker News reports: <i> The American company first began testing E2EE for Instagram direct messages in 2021 as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s &#8220;privacy-focused vision for social networking.&#8221; The feature is currently &#8220;only available in some areas&#8221; and is not enabled by default. Weeks into the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022, the company made encrypted direct messaging available to all adult users in both countries. <\/i> Last week, TikTok said it would not introduce E2EE, arguing it makes users less safe by preventing police and safety teams from being able to read direct messages if needed.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Instagram #Discontinues #EndToEnd #Encryption #DMs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta plans to remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE) from Instagram direct messages by May 8, 2026. &#8220;Very few people were opting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52615,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614\/revisions\/52615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}