Unable to Send Disappearing Photos on Instagram via DM in Europe?

The new European Privacy Policy is in effect, which complicates the life of Facebook and its other apps like Whatsapp and Instagram in Europe. The privacy laws of the European public on the internet are dealt with by Europe’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. This organization’s concern is how Facebook stores European users’ data and the type of data they collect. This concern has forced some rules on Facebook on how to handle user data. Facebook is known for gathering too much data from users – more than it’s required. In order to comply with European privacy rules, it has to cut down on some features. The latest feature that is unavailable to Europeans is disappearing photos on Instagram via DM.

It all started with Snowden’s revelation of how US intelligence agencies, especially the NSA, collect data of every individual present on the internet without their consent. The program included data gathering from Apple, Google, and Facebook in the name of national security. The data collected contains chats, files, emails, and access to the laptop’s webcam.

The latest order of EU privacy guardians is to stop Facebook from sending European users’ data from Europe to the US. Pertaining to these orders and data movement, Facebook has started cutting off some features from European citizens. Group polls on Messenger chat are the first feature that will lose its existence. Now, the second feature is disappearing photos on Instagram. People call it the monopoly of Facebook to give them a free hand in Europe. Let us see where it takes us, the users.

Disappearing Pictures (View Once & Allow Reply) on Instagram via DM

The latest feature under the axe is disappearing photos on Instagram via DM. People using Instagram in Europe cannot send pictures you can send to their friends and family like a snap. A feature that was first introduced in Snapchat and was copied by Instagram. So, you can send a picture to a friend or family; the image won’t be saved on the phone. It will be available to be watched only once, and then it will be gone.

However, these disappearing pictures or messenger insight can only be sent to people who have approved your messaging requests or who follow you already. The other feature, where you can send a photo as a DM, is still there. You can use it to send a picture to a friend. The other feature is the image appearing to the other person as a story. Unfortunately, it is no longer available to Instagram users in Europe. As you can see in the screenshot below, the error is “This can’t be sent because of new rules for messaging services in Europe.”

Send Disappearing Pictures on Instagram

To implement and comply with the ePrivacy Directive of EEA (European Economic Area). As a result, a few more features from Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp might be cut down. On the other hand, the EU can also happen to cut down Facebook and its services entirely. As the EU has asked to move the data servers of European users to Europe. Alongside, the EU has asked Facebook to pay taxes on the money that they earn from Europe. Facebook does not want to accept these terms, which might result in Facebook services being removed from the EU.

The privacy laws of WhatsApp for the EEA area are different from the rest of the world. Recently, WhatsApp introduced a new policy where the users had to share some of their data, including phone numbers, transaction data, information on how they interact with others, and phone device information with Facebook. It leads to a huge privacy concern for the general public worldwide. In turn, millions of Whatsapp users moved to either Telegram or Signal. Both of these apps are known for respecting their users’ privacy. Signal saw a surge of 7,5 million new downloads from the Google Play Store and Apple Store. At the same time, 5,6 million people joined Telegram.

How to send disappearing photos on Instagram via direct message in Europe?

A workaround for this, as this feature is still working in the US and other continents. So, the only option available is to install an older version of Instagram. However, as my friends living in other parts of the world have confirmed, they can still send disappearing photos on Instagram via DM.

To send disappearing photos on Instagram via Direct Messages in the UK and EU on Android phones, follow the steps below:

  1. First of all, you need to download the older version of Instagram from here.
  2. Now Go to your phone Security Settings and Enable download and install from Unknown Sources. You can also give this permission when you click on the downloaded Instagram APK.
  3. Once the permissions are given, download and install Instagram on your Android phone.
  4. Once downloaded, you are good to go. Now, you can send disappearing photos on Instagram via DM even while you are in the UK.

If you have any other working method, do share it with us.

Ayybee
Balochistan |Uz garzam lewanay | Deutschland | Software Engineer | For questions, contact me.

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