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Meta quietly updated its help pages to announce that messages between users on the platform will no longer be end-to-end encrypted starting May 2026 after pressure from child safety lobby groups. Meta stated that the removal is due to very few users actually using the feature. This is most likely because it required a manual opt-in.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Josh |date=2026-03-18 |title=Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lakshmanan |first=Ravie |date=2026-03-13 |title=Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026 |url=https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta-to-shut-down-instagram-end-to-end.html |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=The Hacker News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=2026-03-13 |title=Meta is killing end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs soon |url=https://9to5google.com/2026/03/13/meta-is-killing-end-to-end-encryption-for-instagram-dms-soon/ |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=9To5Google}}</ref>

Meta's Advertising Standards clearly states the following:

{{Quote|Ads must not contain content that facilitates sexual encounters, commercial sexual services between adults, or content asking for or offering pornographic content.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Introduction to the Advertising Standards |url=https://transparency.meta.com/policies/ad-standards/#objectionable-content |website=[[Meta]] |date= |access-date=14 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260414134111/https://transparency.meta.com/policies/ad-standards/#objectionable-content |archive-date=14 Apr 2026}}</ref><br />

Ads must not contain imagery depicting nudity, sexual activity, depictions of people in explicit or sexually suggestive positions, or activities that are sexually suggestive.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Adult Nudity and Sexual Activity |url=https://transparency.meta.com/policies/ad-standards/objectionable-content/adult-nudity-and-sexual-activity/ |website=[[Meta]] |date= |access-date=14 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317185014/https://transparency.meta.com/policies/ad-standards/objectionable-content/adult-nudity-and-sexual-activity/ |archive-date=17 Mar 2026}}</ref>}}

A January 2025 report by the European nonprofit AI Forensics noted in 2024 Meta allowed 3,300 NSFW advertisements on its platforms, including Instagram.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2463634-meta-allowed-pornographic-ads-that-break-its-content-moderation-rules/|title=Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content moderation rules|date=2025-01-13|first=Jeremy|last=Hsu|work=New Scientist}}</ref>  LeMonde notes that in the ads that contained deepfakes, they are illegal in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/01/08/thousands-of-pornographic-ads-go-unmoderated-on-facebook-and-instagram_6736832_13.html|title=Thousands of pornographic ads go unmoderated on Facebook and Instagram|first=Aurélien|last=Defer|date=2025-01-08|work=LeMonte}}</ref>