A draft of the letter obtained by BuzzFeed raises concerns that law enforcement wont be able to access messages during criminal investigations.
Attorney General William Barr and the US Justice Department will issue an open letter asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delay the company's plans for a fully encrypted messaging service, according to a draft of the letter obtained by Ryan Mac and Joseph Bernstein of BuzzFeed News. In March 2019 Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was developing a new messaging platform that would feature end-to-end encryption and auto-delete messages after a certain amount of time.
Attorney General William Barr and the US Justice Department will issue an open letter asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delay the company's plans for a fully encrypted messaging service, according to a draft of the letter obtained by Ryan Mac and Joseph Bernstein of BuzzFeed News. In March 2019 Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was developing a new messaging platform that would feature end-to-end encryption and auto-delete messages after a certain amount of time.
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