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Recent reports have emerged indicating that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta implementation of encrypted messaging on Facebook and Instagram facilitated predatory behavior against children. A former executive explains, “It was a hundred times worse than any of us expected. There were millions of pedophiles targeting tens of millions of children.”

The New York Post reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, recently introduced end-to-end encryption for direct messages on both social platforms. This move, intended to enhance user privacy, has come under fire from former employees and child safety advocates. Critics, including ex-engineering director David Erb, argue that this encryption makes it more challenging to monitor and prevent online child predation.

Encryption of messages ensures that only the sender and recipient can view the contents, effectively shielding communications from external monitoring. This technology, while protecting user privacy, can also be misused by individuals with malicious intentions, including child predators. Ex-employees fear that features like Facebook’s “People You May Know” could be exploited by predators to connect with potential underage victims.

David Erb, Meta’s former engineering director, resigned in 2019 to protest against the initiative, and stated: “It was a hundred times worse than any of us expected. There were millions of pedophiles targeting tens of millions of children.”

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