Platform X has suspended the ability to send encrypted private messages. The company said the feature has been "paused" for further improvements.
Until now, encryption was only available for correspondence between verified users who had a mutual subscription or did not have restrictions on receiving messages.
Users can still view previously sent encrypted chats, but creating new ones is temporarily unavailable. The feature was in "early access" status and did not support group chats, multimedia messages, or metadata encryption.
X did not indicate when the feature would return, nor did it comment on whether it was related to the upcoming launch of XChat, the company's new messenger, which, according to previous reports, will have additional security features, including PIN protection for chats.
Last week, X's infrastructure was disrupted by a fire at one of its facilities in Oregon. In particular, problems were also noted with the built-in email service, and some of the technical issues have still not been resolved.