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Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet

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The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet

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Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

WhatsApp and Signal have threatened to shut down services in Britain if the Online Safety Bill includes restrictions that undermine encryption. The government is pushing it through anyway.

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I remember signing a petition a couple months as go about this. Who do we appeal to from here?
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  Go vote?
  
  Just kidding. We have no power, but they want us to believe we do.
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    I always vote, but yes it does certainly feel that way.
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      Wait, hang on:
      
      https://techmonitor.ai/government-computing/online-safety-bill-uk-government-whatsapp-signal

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