MP accuses Meta of turning Facebook Messenger into 'Epstein's paedophile island' by enabling end-to-end encryption

An MP has accused Meta of turning Facebook Messenger into "Jeffrey Epstein's private island" by enabling end-to-end encryption. The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee grilled tech giants X, TikTok, Google and Meta today as part of an inquiry into online misinformation and harmful algorithms. "Twenty years ago, someone like Gary Glitter had to go to the other side of the world to prey on children," said Labour MP Paul Waugh to Chris Yiu, one of Meta's directors of public policy."Someone like Jeffre ...