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UK passes "online safety" bill making end-to-end encryption impossible

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UK passes "online safety" bill making end-to-end encryption impossible

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

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UK's Online Safety Bill finally passed by parliament

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Britain's long-awaited Online Safety Bill setting tougher standards for social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok has been agreed by parliament and will soon become law, the government said on Tuesday.

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They actually took off the E2EE decrypting clause from the bill that got passed. Originally it was there.

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