Of course. Can't train the LLM if they can't read them.

shocking

I always laugh when I hear about meta's end to end encryption because it isn't remotely true in the sense that people would care about from a privacy standpoint. I know it is the case for messenger, I have not confirmed for other meta services, but in messenger the messages are encrypted in the way you would expect with the one big caveat being that meta stores your private keys on their servers. Iiirc meta explained that it is still e2e because they don't unencrypt it which I find hilarious.

Using any meta’s service is privacy nightmare.

How is it surprising that one of the companies that is pushing to force Internet ID laws through state legislatures is removing encryption from their chats?

How could they target ads if they can’t read all your private chats?

a surprising move

Was it, though?

im guessing messenger and potentially whatsapp are next

Does anyone know if they're unencrypting chats that already happened? Like my chat history? If so that's fucked up

Nothing about this is surprising to those paying attention.

Gee why

Not even WhatsApp has e2e anymore less alone that dumpster

Yeah cause of this trial thats been going on https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

And because of this trial, instagram will remove end-to-end encryption and add age-verification

The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats — a privacy measure that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a conversation — could make it harder for law enforcement to catch predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year.

Regarding the encryption decision, a Meta spokesperson told CNN that, “very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.”

-- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid is slated to hold a trial without a jury on the state's claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents' health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms, including adding effective age verification and removing predators, it said Tuesday.

-- https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/ar-AA1ZkHhq

This implies that they actually had e2ee in the first place.

I never really got the appeal of Instagram chats. It's just another channel you have to deal with. Just link grams in your chat app of choice instead.