Facebook to Encrypt Chats After Arrest of Mother and Daughter Who Performed Illegal Abortion and Messaged About Plans

Meta announced on Thursday that they are working to encrypt Facebook messenger chats end-to-end by default, ensuring that the communicated information is only viewed and controlled the sender and receiver of the messages.CNN reports that Meta is expanding encryption features for Facebook Messenger and Instagram, which includes plans to encrypt calls made over the device as well as chats, meaning even the company could not access users’ communication. The move comes after scrutiny the company faced because they provided law enforcement several chats between a mom and her daughter who aborted her baby at home, burned it, and buried it in a shallow grave.In April 2022, Nebraska police were alerted to a report that 41-year-old Jessica Burgess performed an in-house abortion …