{"id":998556,"date":"2026-03-16T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=998556"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:52:13","slug":"mark-zuckerbergs-meta-is-killing-one-of-the-biggest-instagram-features-reason-and-what-it-means-for-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/16\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-is-killing-one-of-the-biggest-instagram-features-reason-and-what-it-means-for-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is \u2018killing\u2019 one of the biggest Instagram features: Reason and what it means for users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has announced that it is pulling the plug on end-to-end encrypted direct messages on Instagram. This move will remove one of the platform\u2019s most significant privacy protections. According to an update on Meta&#8217;s support page, the feature will \u201cno longer be supported after May 8, 2026\u201d. End-to-end encryption has been one of Meta&#8217;s most debated features \u2013 praised for privacy but criticised by law enforcement and child safety groups who argue it shields bad actors from detection.<\/p>\n<p>Why Meta is removing end-to-end messaging on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has announced that it is pulling the plug on end-to-end encrypted direct messages on Instagram. This move will remove one of the platform\u2019s most significant privacy protections. According to an update on Meta&#8217;s support page, the feature will \u201cno longer be supported after May 8, 2026\u201d. End-to-end encryption has been one of Meta&#8217;s most debated features \u2013 praised for privacy but criticised by law enforcement and child safety groups who argue it shields bad actors from detection. Why Meta is removing end-to-end messaging on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}