Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?

Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2019. Anthony Quintano, CC BY-NCAs of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram. Meta, in announcing the policy reversal, said it had done so because few people used the feature. But this has raised questions about its impact on user privacy and whether it will improve child safety on the platform. Instagram has long been a focal point for discussion about online safety – whe…