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Tech Companies Speak Out: UK’s Online Safety Bill Threatens to Eradicate Secure Messaging Apps

It is no news that technological advancements come loaded with data security and privacy concerns. I don’t think this is the first time we are witnessing Government(s) demand a “backdoor” undermining encrypted messaging protocols. The latest salvo where Meta-owned WhatsApp opposes the proposed UK’s Online Safety Bill(OSB) has once again fueled the decades-old encryption debate.

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