The UK government risks a clash with WhatsApp that could see the messaging app disappear from Britain, ministers have warned, as options for an amicable resolution are quickly running out. The Online Safety Bill is a comprehensive piece of legislation that will heavily impact various aspects of online life in Britain and is the focal point of the current dispute. More than four years in the...
According to WhatsApp’s parent company Meta, the company will leave the UK market if the upcoming Online Safety Bill weakens its encryption. WhatsApp head Will Cathcart slammed the law as the most critical set of online rules in the Western world in a briefing with reporters. “For example, we recently blocked Iran. But the Cathcart report says we’ve never seen a liberal...
WhatsApp would decline to comply with requirements in the online security bill that attempted to delinquent end-to-end encryption, the conversation app’s boss has said, throwing the future of the service in the UK in doubt.Speaking during a UK visit where he will meet lawmakers to examine the government’s flagship internet rule, Will Cathcart, Meta’s head of WhatsApp, said the...