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Policy·

Meta pulled encryption from Instagram DMs today. WhatsApp and Messenger keep theirs.

End-to-end encryption is gone from Instagram DMs as of May 8. Meta cited low adoption for a feature it never turned on by default.

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Threads finally added DMs on the web. Group chats and most countries still aren't on the list.

Meta is rolling out one-to-one Threads DMs on desktop web for users 18 and over. Group chats come later, regional availability is staged, and the new sidebar surfaces analytics.