WhatsApp and other messaging apps oppose 'surveillance'
WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have urged the government to rethink the Online Safety Bill (OSB).
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WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have urged the government to rethink the Online Safety Bill (OSB).
The UK government wants WhatsApp and Signal to remove end-to-end encryption, an issue that is sparking a heated debate over privacy rights.
The apps send letter urging UK government to reconsider the wording of the Online Safety Bill.
Joint letter urges the UK government to reconsider the wording of the Online Safety Bill.
Signal and Meta-owned WhatsApp have previously warned they would sooner see British users stopped from using their services than risk compromising their privacy. But child safety campaigners and charities have claimed that private messaging is the "frontline of online child sexual abuse".