Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has revealed some tricks it plans to use to spot scammers on Messenger and Instagram direct messages.

A report by the British newspaper "The Sun" stated that "Meta", the tech giant, is still working on making these applications end-to-end encrypted, but there are concerns that this will make it difficult to stop abuse online.

A recent Meta blog post revealed how the company will try to prevent abuse on its platforms when it can't scan messages.

"In an end-to-end encrypted environment, we will use artificial intelligence to proactively detect accounts that are implicated in malicious behavior patterns rather than examining private messages. Our machine learning technology will look at unencrypted parts of our platforms, such as account information and uploaded photos," she said. in public places, to detect suspicious activity and abuse.

There has been a particular concern from child stakeholders that end-to-end encryption could lead to unnoticed child abuse online.

Children's charity NSPCC said end-to-end encryption could lead to a "significant decrease in reports of child abuse and failure to protect children from avoidable harm".

There is a fear that end-to-end encryption will lead to more cases of child abuse (communication sites)

Meta appears to address these concerns on its blog, where it said, “For example, if an adult frequently creates new profiles and tries to communicate with minors they don't know or sends messages to a large number of strangers, we can step in to take action, such as blocking them from Interact with minors. We can also transfer minors to private accounts or friends-only accounts. We've started doing this on Instagram and Facebook."

The Meta company indicated that it will also educate young people through in-app advice and warnings about people who send messages to them if their situation is suspicious.

The company claims that the security notifications on Messenger have already worked and can prevent people from cheating or "reporting suspicious adults trying to contact minors".

Reporting of harmful behavior on Messenger will also be encouraged, and there is an option to specify whether an activity "involves a child".

Meta acknowledges that this approach is not ideal and will require regular and consistent review of its policy.