![]() Messenger also has an encrypted option, but users have to turn it on. Facebook’s other major chat app, WhatsApp, encrypts both ends of its users’ communications, so that not even WhatsApp can see it - a fact that’s made it more secure for users, and more difficult for lawmakers wanting information in investigations. ![]() Messenger used to be part of Facebook’s main service, before it was spun off into a separate application in 2014. “Facebook designed these automated tools so we can rapidly stop abusive behavior on our platform.” “For example, on Messenger, when you send a photo, our automated systems scan it using photo matching technology to detect known child exploitation imagery or when you send a link, we scan it for malware or viruses,” a Facebook Messenger spokeswoman said in a statement. All content must abide by the same "community standards." People can report posts or messages for violating those standards, which would prompt a review by the company’s “community operations” team. The company told Bloomberg that while Messenger conversations are private, Facebook scans them and uses the same tools to prevent abuse there that it does on the social network more generally. ![]() Messenger doesn’t use the data from the scanned messages for advertising, the company said, but the policy may extend beyond what Messenger users expect. Some people reacted with concern on Twitter: Was Facebook reading messages more generally? Facebook has been under scrutiny in recent weeks over how it handles users’ private data and the revelation struck a nerve. “We stop those messages from going through.” “In that case, our systems detect what’s going on,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook had detected people trying to send sensational messages through the Messenger app, he said. Zuckerberg told Vox’s Ezra Klein a story about receiving a phone call related to ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. The company confirmed the practice after an interview published earlier this week with Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg raised questions about Messenger’s practices and privacy. If it doesn’t, it gets blocked or taken down. scans the links and images that people send each other on Facebook Messenger, and reads chats when they’re flagged to moderators, making sure the content abides by the company’s rules.
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