Filings: some Meta execs warned in 2019 that adding E2E encryption to Facebook and Instagram messaging would hinder the ability to flag CSAM to law enforcement
Meta (META.O) executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps …
Meta (META.O), executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal warnings that it would hinder the social media giant's ability to flag child-exploitation cases to law enforcement.
“We are about to do a bad thing as a company. This is so irresponsible.” — Meta content policy chief Monika Bickert in 2019 on the company's adoption of end-to-end encryption on all messages, per a filing in the New Mexico AG case. — www.reuters.com/legal/govern...