Meta begins rolling out end-to-end encryption across Messenger and Facebook

End-to-end encryption is being rolled out across Messenger and Facebook, parent company Meta has announced. Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Facebook’s parent company has begun rolling out end-to-end encryption across Messenger and Facebook, Meta announced on Thursday.

The company’s vice-president for Messenger, Loredana Crisan, said the encryption was built on the Signal protocol and Meta’s own Labyrinth protocol.