Facebook, Messenger and Instagram allow children aged 13 and above to have accounts. In December, Meta, the company behind all three, announced “default end-to-end encryption” for personal chats and calls, promising users a “more secure and private service”. Law enforcement officers are starting to see paedophiles attempting to monetize the trade in images, by taking payment in crypto currency. Police could lose most of the reports they receive about children at risk on Facebook because of a move to encrypt the platform, is Encryption necessary over safety ?