Instagram has long limited users' ability to share links, restricting link-sharing to Stories, Reels and user profiles. But ...

Instagram direct messages are protected by end-to-end encryption. But in the next few weeks, all of that changes.

Instagram confirmed that it will no longer protect user chats with a strong encryption layer, leaving their privacy exposed.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8th. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luce says the platform is discontinuing the feature ...

Meta says barely anyone used it. Critics say that's not the point. Instagram's most private feature is gone — and the timing couldn't be more loaded.

Meta will discontinue end-to-end encrypted messaging in Instagram DMs from May 8, 2026, saying the optional feature saw very little adoption among users who had access to it.

Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging ...

Pulling the plug on privacy?

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