Despite introducing a clause that means its Online Safety Bill is no longer a concern for Apple, Whatsapp, or users, the UK government is insisting with a straight face that it’s still exactly as tough on Big Tech as before.UK Houses of ParliamentOn Wednesday, the UK Parliament debated an Online Safety Bill that, in its original form, would have seen Apple, WhatsApp, Signal and more shutter their messaging and social media services in the country. Bowing to that pressure, the UK regulator Ofcom introduced a face-saving clause that effectively stopped the country’s nonsensical demands to break end-to-end encryption. Read more…
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