Daily Crunch 10/4/19

Welcome to TechCrunch daily news, a round up of the top tech news of the day. -- Facebook faces government pressure to pull back its end-to-end encryption plans -- Scooter startup Bird is now valued at $2.5 billion -- and Instagram launches an app for close friends. Here’s your Daily Crunch for October 4, 2019. First up: Facebook is being leaned on by the US, UK, and Australia to ditch its end-to-end encryption expansion plan. U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices