Online Safety Bill: encrypted messages to be saved – for now

- The UK government has postponed the implementation of a controversial provision in the Online Safety Bill that would require tech companies to scan private and encrypted messages for harmful and illegal content.

- The decision comes after popular messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal threatened to leave the UK if the law was enforced.

- Privacy advocates and experts have long argued that such a requirement would violate people's privacy and freedom of speech.

- The bill also includes …

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