The U.K. Parliament is close to passing the Online Safety Bill, which threatens global privacy by allowing backdoors into messaging services, compromising end-to-end encryption. Despite objections, no amendments were accepted. The bill also includes content filtering and surveillance measures. There’s still a chance for lawmakers to protect privacy with an amendment preserving encryption. A recent survey shows the majority of U.K. citizens want strong privacy on messaging apps.

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    641 year ago

    Actually, politicians give up public privacy under the fiction of helping children, repeatedly.

    I cringe every time “online” and “children” are uttered in the same breath.

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      81 year ago

      I wish those non encryption laws apply to them too. So every single person can see what they do and how they manage our tax money right?