Fear over Facebook privacy move

FACEBOOK has been accused of giving paedophiles and terrorists ‘a place to hide’ after it unveiled plans to boost privacy on its Messenger service.

Founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday it will introduce ‘end to end encryption’ – which is supposed to make it impossible for anyone other than the sender and receiver to read messages. But there was a backlash yesterday. Andy Burrows, from the NSPCC, said it showed ‘a disregard for children’s safety’ and ‘gives groomers a place to hide.’ Security expert Professor Anthony Glees said it ‘allows people with wicked intent to fish for recruits and fish for victims’.