The UK government appears to have back-pedalled on controversial provisions in its proposed Online Safety Bill that critics said posed a serious threat to privacy.
Clauses tabled in the Bill, which has been undergoing scrutiny in the country’s second chamber, would have forced messaging apps to access users’ private messages
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