U.S., UK and Australia send joint letter to Facebook asking it to ensure law enforcement can access messages. The letter fell under immediate criticism from technology civil liberties groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Facebook says it strongly opposes government attempts to build backdoors because they would undermine the privacy and security of people everywhere Facebook says end-to-end encryption already protects the messages of over a billion people every day. It only stores decryption keys on the devices of message senders and recipients.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/facebook-pressured-over-encrypted-messaging-plans-a-13179