As Meta rolls out end-to-end encryption, police warn keeping children safe ‘no longer possible’

The social media giant Meta announced on Thursday that it had started rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) as a default “for all personal chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook.”

It follows “years of investment and testing,” according to Loredana Crisan, the head of Messenger, who claimed that the technology meant the services were “safer, more secure and private.”

The move will ensure that Meta’s users are protected from abusive legal requests from non-democratic governments. Globally the company receives hundreds …

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