The question is simple: Are they building it with end-to-end encryption? If not, it deserves all the criticism. Security/privacy has to be part of the design and cannot be bolted on post-facto.
We don't know. Note that the whistleblowers that are in the news currently are against e2e encryption.
The one thing that's more annoying than Facebook are the whistleblowers of Facebook (like that frances haugen character, which I'm fairly certain is a spook). Such a cheap and condescending group of people who think they know more than the rest.
I would like to learn more about this, could you provide a source?
It doesn't even compute in my brain that one can be against e2e. I guess it's an opinion like any other, but I can't relate at all.
I think Zuckerverse has shown that privacy doesn't exist in it. They could implement e2e but it'll be implemented in a way to so they can still sell away your privacy.