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by amelius 1205 days ago
Because they didn't support E2EE and homomorphic encryption.
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The Techcrunch article[1] (linked in TFA) mentions FB Messenger was used, which does not have E2EE.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/27/digital-data-roe-wade-repr...

Tragically enough, Facebook Messenger does actually support E2EE. However, it needs to be enabled per contact/chat. Facebook's bad UX may just have become a driving force behind the conviction.

Facebook is improving E2EE according to their blog: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/expanding-features-for-end...

They never claimed that they support E2EE...

The users signed the EULA and know what their rights are.

That did actually surprise me, I thought Facebook took on WhatsApp/insta messaging which is encrypted?