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Meta has reversed course on one of its most significant privacy commitments, announcing that Instagram will strip end-to-end encryption from direct messages. That means your private conversations are no longer protected by the same standard that made them unreadable to anyone but sender and recipient — including Meta itself.
Shifting from your inbox to the classroom, Instructure's Canvas learning management system is in the middle of an ongoing ransomware attack claimed by the group known as ShinyHunters. Canvas is used by millions of students and educators across the country, and with the attack still unfolding, institutions are scrambling to assess what data may have been exposed.
And in Washington, French prosecutors are now seeking charges against Elon Musk and X over the platform's alleged failure to remove child sexual abuse images, including AI-generated deepfakes. The case adds significant legal pressure to a platform already facing scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions over content moderation practices.
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