Facebook has been forced to reveal a new feature prematurely following claims that he has been using an ‘unsend’ feature via Messenger.
A number of sources spilled to Techcrunch that messages they have received from Zuckerberg are no longer in their inbox, but their replies are still visible.
As it turns out, the feature was developed following the famous Sony Pictures’ computer hacks in 2014.
“After Sony Pictures’ emails were hacked in 2014, we made a number of changes to protect our executives’ communications,” a Facebook spokesperson told Techcrunch.
“These included limiting the retention period for Mark’s messages in Messenger. We did so in full compliance with our legal obligations to preserve messages.”
The social media giant has said it’s looking to make the unsend feature available for all Facebookers in the future.
“We will now be making a broader delete message feature available. This may take some time,” a Facebook spokeswoman told Bloomberg.
“Until this feature is ready, we will no longer be deleting any executives’ messages. We should have done this sooner, and we’re sorry that we did not.”
