AI SAFETY & ETHICS
Meta’s Rollback of Encryption on Instagram Undermines Privacy and Civil Rights
Center for Democracy & Tech
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Today, CDT joined fellow members of the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition in expressing serious concern over Meta’s decision to discontinue encryption for direct messages on Instagram. Encryption had been offered as an opt-in feature, and users had to enable it in every individual chat. As a result, it was never widely deployed,