It's absolutely insane to me that in this day and age a company would reject end-to-end encryption so that cops and feds can actively read people's messages. It also puts that same data at risk from hackers. But that's TikTok, under new U.S. ownership.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2m5e5ke4o

TikTok says it won't encrypt DMs claiming it puts users at risk

TikTok tells the BBC it won't join rival platforms such as WhatsApp and Messenger in using end-to-end encryption.

@zackwhittaker
Won't change a thing if TikTok remains a Chinese owned app because that gov is against privacy, too.
There is no e2ee chat apps in China, either.
And the country's GFW is actively probing and blocking Matrix servers.
They already blocked Signal.