UK reassures Big Tech firms over new encryption rules
The Hindu
The British government reassured instant messaging platforms over concerns that they could be forced to monitor encrypted texts.
The British government on Wednesday gave guarantees to instant messaging platforms over concerns that they could be forced to monitor encrypted messages for harmful content.
Several tech companies, including Meta-owned WhatsApp and Signal, voiced fears at a proposed law that could force them to stop end-to-end encryption of private communications.
But junior culture, media and sport minister Stephen Parkinson said the government had "no intention... to weaken the encryption technology used by the platforms".
"We have built in strong safeguards into the bill to ensure that users' privacy is protected," he told a debate in the upper chamber House of Lords.
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The Online Safety Bill, currently making its way through parliament, has been introduced to crack down on harmful content, including online child sex abuse.
Encryption is a feature of many instant messaging platforms but Parkinson said companies would not be forced into digital snooping of users.
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