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Yes.
Not by design, but instances can misbehave.
Private is misleading here: for messaging to be private, no third party should be able to read the messages. In practice, this usually requires end-to-end encryption.
@cnx
I have not checked each and every translation on the Fediverse, but maybe this is just a problem of Direct Message vs Private Message.
@spiritedaway