Messaging firms have threatened to leave the U.K. if forced to scan encrypted messages for illegal content. Now it's law, will they make good on their threats?
What Now For The Messaging Firms?
Responding to the Home Secretary’s fresh attack on Meta this morning, the President of Signal said her company would carry out its threat to leave the U.K. if they were forced to implement the measures outlined in the Online Safety Bill.. “Our position remains firm: we will continue to do whatever we can to ensure people in the U.K. can use Signal. But if the choice came down to being forced to build a backdoor, or leaving, we we'd [sic], Meta also remained defiant.
Speaking in an interview with the BBC this morning, the Home Secretary warned the tech firms that the government now has “wide-ranging powers contained in this new legislation that enables us via Ofcom, the regulator, to direct companies to take necessary steps in particular circumstances.”
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