“We are really pleased,” said Rani Govender from the charity, adding E2EE “can allow perpetrators to evade detection, enabling the grooming and abuse of children to go unseen.”
Privacy campaigners, however, say the move represents a step backwards.
Maya Thomas from Big Brother Watch was “disappointed” by the decision and said E2EE was “one of the key ways children can keep their data safe online, so we’re concerned that Meta may be caving to government pressure.”
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