Facebook removes Instagram and Messenger features, including on child safety, due to EU privacy rules

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Facebook has removed a number of features from its Instagram and Messenger apps in Europe due to what it says is an update to EU privacy rules - including security features it uses to scan for child abuse content

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which would prevent it from rolling out end-to-end encryption across services such as Instagram and Messenger. "It beggars belief that, at a time where children are more vulnerable to online grooming, and where our hotline staff are dealing with more public reports of suspected child sexual abuse material than ever before, children are being left out in the cold like this.

 

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