The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

The Messenger mobile app for iOS and Android will remain fully operational and unaffected, allowing users to continue conversations as usual on smartphones and tablets.

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Facebook confirmed that it scans conversations that people have on its Messenger app in order to ensure that the images and links are meeting its "community standards," Bloomberg reports. The topic ...