META TO END END-TO-END ENCRYPTION FOR INSTAGRAM DIRECT MESSAGES. (PHOTO).

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 Meta to end end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages Meta is ending end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages, a feature the company says will no longer be available after May 8, 2026. Unlike WhatsApp, Instagram never offered encryption to all users or as a default; only select users in certain regions could opt in on a per-chat basis. A Meta spokesperson explained that the decision comes due to low adoption. “Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months,” the spokesperson said. “Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.” Meta’s messaging strategy has shifted multiple times over the years. WhatsApp chats have been encrypted since 2016, and the company began rolling out default encryption for Messenger in 2023. However, Meta has not clarified whether the Instagram decision affects Messenger, which is still in the proc...

TUNISIA'S POWERFUL UNION CHIEF RESIGNS, SOURCES SAY, AHEAD OF PLANNED NATIONWIDE STRIKE. (PHOTO).


 Tunisia's powerful union chief resigns, sources say, ahead of planned nationwide strike


Nourredine Taboubi, head of Tunisia's most powerful labour union, resigned on Tuesday, union sources said, a month before a planned nationwide strike over President Kais Saied's escalating crackdown on dissent.


Taboubi's departure could weaken the UGTT labour federation, which is widely seen as the last strong bastion of democratic civil society in the North African country. The UGTT had no immediate comment on Taboubi's reported exit.


The one-million-member UGTT, which played a key role in Tunisia’s post-2011 democratic transition from decades of dictatorship, has sharply criticised Saied's accelerating drift back to authoritarian rule.


The UGTT has called a nationwide strike for January 21, the first since Saied seized sweeping powers, to protest at his mounting crackdown on critics and demand wage negotiations.


Saied’s critics say arrests of opposition leaders, civil society groups and journalists underscore an authoritarian turn by the president since he took on extraordinary powers in 2021 to rule by decree.


Saied said he took on wider powers to root out rampant corruption and mismanagement. The opposition called his action a coup.


High inflation, shortages of some basic goods and poor public services have also fuelled discontent and led to a wave of street protests.

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