meta owns whatsapp, which already uses end—to—end encryption. it had planned to introduce similar features by default to facebook and instagram's messenger services. however, it's pushed back its encryption plans to 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups. we now see more grooming offences on instagram than any other platform on the market. so, we've got a situation where the highest risk platform, instagram, is now proposing to put on a blindfold and, at a stroke, eliminate its — its ability to even see what's happening on its site. to complicate matters, the government campaign has provoked the uk information commissioner's office to say:. we find ourselves in a position where two public bodies