WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging apps call for changes to parts of UK's online safety law plan
WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have urged the government to rethink the Online Safety Bill .
"Tech companies have a moral duty to ensure they are not blinding themselves and law enforcement to the unprecedented levels of child sexual abuse on their platforms. "Weakening encryption, undermining privacy and introducing the mass surveillance of people's private communications is not the way forward," an open letter warns.Oxen Privacy Tech Foundation and Session director Alex LintonViber chief executive Ofir EyalIn its current form, the OSB "opens the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of personal messages", the letter says.
Mr Cathcart has told BBC News WhatsApp would rather be blocked in the UK than weaken the privacy of encrypted messaging.- Signal "would absolutely, 100% walk" should encryption be undermined. The company's Andy Yen has suggested, as a last resort, it could leave the UK if the law comes into force unamended, as it would no longer be able "to operate a service that is premised upon defending user privacy".
It is widely assumed this will mean messages are scanned by software on a phone or other device before they are encrypted - a technique called client-side scanning.'British internet'
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