New Mexico moves for summary judgment against Meta on encryption claims

( November 5, 2025, 22:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has moved for summary judgment against Meta Platforms on claims that the end-to-end encryption of its Messenger service, or "E2EE," did not protect child users as the company had claim. "Meta misrepresented that it would implement safety systems and keep users safe while implementing E2EE in Messenger, while Meta knew E2EE would make its platforms less safe, its safety mitigations were inadequate and underfunded, and the platforms did in fact become less safe," the state said in its motion.See attached document....

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