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Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger)

Scans under Chat Control — confirmed

Scans under the EU's Chat Control — assessed 26 Jul 2026

Files the derogation's own transparency reports — reports that exist only for providers scanning under Chat Control: “Google, LinkedIn, Meta, Microsoft and Yubo submitted reports, for both 2023 and 2024” (COM(2025) 740). Beyond the filings, the causal proof: Meta paused its EU scanning in December 2020 when ePrivacy rules started covering messengers, and resumed it once the derogation entered into force in 2021 — its EU scanning runs on this legal basis and no other. What is scanned are the unencrypted surfaces, Facebook and Instagram messaging; Messenger personal chats began defaulting to E2EE in December 2023, and the Commission's own 2024 figures show chat-sourced reports collapsing accordingly.

Sources: COM(2025) 740 — Commission implementation report · Overview of derogation users (Patrick Breyer) · what this status means · dispute it

What we watch for — Meta files the derogation's transparency reports today. We watch for the reports stopping, scanning language disappearing from these documents, and what replaces the legal basis when the derogation expires in April 2028.

Status in this archive: Scans under the EU's Chat Control since 26 Jul 2026 — no status changes recorded.

3 documents tracked · App Store privacy label tracked · no changes since baseline.

Tracked documents

Document	Last fetched	Size	Hash	Snapshot
Privacy Policy www.facebook.com	26 Jul 2026	106,068 chars	e63fd3e63c7c	text · raw · wayback
Law Enforcement Guidelines www.facebook.com	26 Jul 2026	5,340 chars	c8a4ebebd7ba	text · raw · wayback
Google Play Data Safety play.google.com	26 Jul 2026	9,017 chars	06b3f0ce0baf	text · raw · wayback

text is the extracted record we hash and diff; raw is the page's original HTML kept verbatim as evidence — it renders without its styling here, by design.

App Store privacy label — Facebook

Apple requires every app to declare the data it collects. This is Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger)'s current declaration, as shown on the App Store; ScanRecords records when it changes.

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26 Jul 2026 Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger) — Google Play Data Safety baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger) — App Store privacy label baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger) — Law Enforcement Guidelines baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger) — Privacy Policy baseline first recording