In a significant move towards enhancing user privacy and security, Facebook announced late last year that end-to-end encryption would become the default setting for all chats and calls on its popular ...

Meta Platforms announced on Wednesday the launch of end-to-end encryption for personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook. The new privacy features will be available for use immediately, ...

Meta-owned Facebook Messenger has significantly strengthened its platform in 2026 with updated message forwarding limits, enhanced privacy features, and new tools to curb the spread of misinformation.

These instructions apply to the Messenger app on your mobile device. Now, even if you open Messenger to read or send messages, it won't show that you're online. This is a great way to discourage your ...