Court documents highlight Facebook Messenger’s feature that a Meta executive warned the company about, said: We are about to do a bad thing as a company, this is …

New court documents reveal Meta executives warned that encrypting Facebook Messenger was irresponsible. They feared a major drop in detecting child exploitation and terrorism material. Internal chats show top safety officials expressed concerns about hiding content from moderation systems. Meta stated these concerns led to developing new safety features before encryption launched.

Court documents highlight Facebook Messenger’s feature that a Meta executive warned the company about, said: We are about to do a bad thing as a company, this is …
New court documents reveal Meta executives warned that encrypting Facebook Messenger was irresponsible. They feared a major drop in detecting child exploitation and terrorism material. Internal chats show top safety officials expressed concerns about hiding content from moderation systems. Meta stated these concerns led to developing new safety features before encryption launched.