The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements. If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself.
What a disgrace. I will definitely be following the EFF’s advice and sending a complaint to the House of Lords to reconsider, for what little difference that could make.
What a disgrace. I will definitely be following the EFF’s advice and sending a complaint to the House of Lords to reconsider, for what little difference that could make.