diff --git a/native/media/encryption-utils.js b/native/media/encryption-utils.js
--- a/native/media/encryption-utils.js
+++ b/native/media/encryption-utils.js
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@
   let data;
   try {
     const response = await fetch(getFetchableURI(holder));
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`HTTP error ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
+    }
     const buf = await response.arrayBuffer();
     data = new Uint8Array(buf);
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/native/media/identifier-utils.js b/native/media/identifier-utils.js
--- a/native/media/identifier-utils.js
+++ b/native/media/identifier-utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // @flow
 
+import {
+  getBlobFetchableURL,
+  holderFromBlobServiceURI,
+  isBlobServiceURI,
+} from 'lib/utils/blob-service.js';
+
 function getCompatibleMediaURI(uri: string, ext: ?string): string {
   if (!ext) {
     return uri;
@@ -42,6 +48,11 @@
 }
 
 function getFetchableURI(inputURI: string): string {
+  if (isBlobServiceURI(inputURI)) {
+    const holder = holderFromBlobServiceURI(inputURI);
+    return getBlobFetchableURL(holder);
+  }
+
   // React Native always resolves Apple's assets-library:// and FBMediaKit's
   // ph:// scheme as an image so that the Image component can render thumbnails
   // of videos. In order to force fetch() to return a blob of the video, we need
diff --git a/web/media/encryption-utils.js b/web/media/encryption-utils.js
--- a/web/media/encryption-utils.js
+++ b/web/media/encryption-utils.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import { calculatePaddedLength, pad, unpad } from 'lib/utils/pkcs7-padding.js';
 
 import * as AES from './aes-crypto-utils.js';
+import { fetchableMediaURI } from './media-utils.js';
 
 const PADDING_THRESHOLD = 5000000; // 5MB
 
@@ -139,8 +140,12 @@
   // Step 1 - Fetch the encrypted media and convert it to a Uint8Array
   let data;
   const fetchStartTime = Date.now();
+  const url = fetchableMediaURI(holder);
   try {
-    const response = await fetch(holder);
+    const response = await fetch(url);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`HTTP error ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
+    }
     const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
     data = new Uint8Array(buffer);
   } catch (e) {
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@
   }
   steps.push({
     step: 'fetch_buffer',
-    url: holder,
+    url,
     time: Date.now() - fetchStartTime,
     success,
     exceptionMessage,
diff --git a/web/media/media-utils.js b/web/media/media-utils.js
--- a/web/media/media-utils.js
+++ b/web/media/media-utils.js
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   MediaMissionStep,
   MediaMissionFailure,
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import {
+  isBlobServiceURI,
+  getBlobFetchableURL,
+  holderFromBlobServiceURI,
+} from 'lib/utils/blob-service.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
 import { probeFile } from './blob-utils.js';
@@ -193,4 +198,13 @@
   };
 }
 
-export { preloadImage, validateFile };
+function fetchableMediaURI(uri: string): string {
+  if (isBlobServiceURI(uri)) {
+    const holder = holderFromBlobServiceURI(uri);
+    return getBlobFetchableURL(holder);
+  }
+
+  return uri;
+}
+
+export { preloadImage, validateFile, fetchableMediaURI };
diff --git a/web/media/multimedia-modal.react.js b/web/media/multimedia-modal.react.js
--- a/web/media/multimedia-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/media/multimedia-modal.react.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import type { EncryptedMediaType, MediaType } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 
 import EncryptedMultimedia from './encrypted-multimedia.react.js';
+import { fetchableMediaURI } from './media-utils.js';
 import css from './media.css';
 
 type MediaInfo =
@@ -42,11 +43,13 @@
     let mediaModalItem;
     const { media } = this.props;
     if (media.type === 'photo') {
-      mediaModalItem = <img src={media.uri} />;
+      const uri = fetchableMediaURI(media.uri);
+      mediaModalItem = <img src={uri} />;
     } else if (media.type === 'video') {
+      const uri = fetchableMediaURI(media.uri);
       mediaModalItem = (
         <video controls>
-          <source src={media.uri} />
+          <source src={uri} />
         </video>
       );
     } else {
diff --git a/web/media/multimedia.react.js b/web/media/multimedia.react.js
--- a/web/media/multimedia.react.js
+++ b/web/media/multimedia.react.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import type { MediaType, EncryptedMediaType } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 
 import EncryptedMultimedia from './encrypted-multimedia.react.js';
+import { fetchableMediaURI } from './media-utils.js';
 import css from './media.css';
 import MultimediaModal from './multimedia-modal.react.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
@@ -118,11 +119,13 @@
     // Media element is the actual image or video element (or encrypted version)
     let mediaElement;
     if (mediaSource.type === 'photo') {
-      mediaElement = <img src={mediaSource.uri} />;
+      const uri = fetchableMediaURI(mediaSource.uri);
+      mediaElement = <img src={uri} />;
     } else if (mediaSource.type === 'video') {
+      const uri = fetchableMediaURI(mediaSource.uri);
       mediaElement = (
         <video controls>
-          <source src={mediaSource.uri} />
+          <source src={uri} />
         </video>
       );
     } else if (