Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that those who leaked screenshots of various chats on Facebook Messenger will no longer be able to secretly take screenshots. Messenger's new feature has already been launched in the United States. Zuckerberg said that in the next few weeks, Facebook users in Europe and gradually around the world will be able to enjoy this feature. The new updates will also apply to Instagram. News USA Today.
Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Thursday (January 26th) that Messenger had a new update that would notify a user if a user took a screenshot of another user's chat.
Zuckerberg added that new updates are coming to Messenger's end-to-end chatting. If someone takes a screenshot of the disappearing message, you will receive a notification. Zuckerberg also included in the post a screenshot of a conversation between him and his wife, Priscilla Chan.
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| Screenshot of Zuckerberg's post |
The announcement came from Zuckerberg shortly after the latest Facebook Messenger update. He said that according to the new update, users will be able to determine if their messages disappear after a while.
Incidentally, although this feature is new to Facebook Messenger, it has already been featured on several messaging platforms, including Snapchat. It is believed that Facebook is bringing these new features as the safety of the users is repeatedly questioned. However, Facebook users have been demanding some new features for a long time, the Dislike button is one of them.