Messaging apps urge UK Government to rethink Online Safety Bill

WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services pushed back over fear of risks to people’s privacy and safety.

The Online Safety Bill, which is currently at the Committee stage, will pose an unprecedented threat to the privacy, safety and security of all UK citizens and those they communicate with. That’s the view of WhatsApp, Signal, Threema and other encrypted messaging services expressed in an open letter earlier this

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