UK decides not to enforce the bit in its Online Safety Bill that'll break end-to-end encryption

The UK has given up on trying to break end-to-end encryption in their Online Safety Bill - kinda. From what I can gather, the text of the bill still gives the government the option to force tech companies to scan all messages, but regulator Ofcom, will only enforce that part of the bill once it is "technically feasible and where technology has been accredited as meeting minimum standards of accuracy in detecting only child sexual abuse and exploitation content". Arguably, it may never be technically feasible and the accuracy of such a system may never reach a minimum standard. Either way, WhatsApp, Signal and Apple threatening to pull out of the UK market worked and digital rights got another win after a long run of kicks in the gut. Stay frosty everyone.


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