TikTok won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and safety teams from reading messages if needed, saying it wants to protect young users from harm (Joe Tidy/BBC)

Joe Tidy / BBC: TikTok won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and safety teams from reading messages if needed, saying it wants to protect young users from harm   —  TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.