Facebook Messenger, Instagram chats will not get end-to-end encryption until 2023

Meta wants to ensure that end-to-end encryption does not prohibit it from aiding in the investigation of illegal activities on its platforms.

Facebook, now Meta, has noted that it will not roll out end-to-end encryption for Facebook and Instagram apps until 2023 citing child safety concerns. Earlier, the tech giant had noted that the end-to-end encryption would roll out by 2022. Meta wants to ensure that end-to-end encryption does not prohibit it from aiding in the investigation of illegal activities on its platforms. Reported first by The Guardian, Meta noted that it would be able to detect abuse on its platforms using non-encrypted data, account information, and user reports under its new encryption plans, a method that is already used by WhatsApp.