Facebook investors urged to vote against the end-to-end encryption plans

Social media giant Facebook has been urged to scrap plans for 'end-to-end encryption' over fears it will make grooming impossible to track. In a 2019 blog post Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there was a balance to be found between privacy from end-to-end encryption and protecting people. In a 2019 blog post Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there was a balance to be found between privacy from end-to-end encryption and protecting people It's unlikely the vote to block the encryption move will pass as Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives have the majority of voting power at the company. 'End-to-end encryption of messages will blindfold Facebook to grooming and child abuse images being shared, and until and unless Mark Zuckerberg can guarantee the safety of children he should not press ahead with these plans.' End-to-end encryption would mean only the sender and recipient of a message on the Messenger app could read or modify what has been sent in a conversation Shareholders warned that if Facebook didn't act they could face legislative and consumer fallout - especially if the encryption increases the amount of child sexual abuse material on the platform.