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News The UK government has said it will not use the powersgranted by the Online Safety Bill to compel companies toscan encrypted messages until it becomes "technicalfeasible" to do so only for information aboutexploitation and abuse. In April, the head of WhatsApp went one step further,saying he would rather the messaging app was blocked inthe UK than weaken the privacy of its encrypted messages,if required by the UK's Online Safety Bill. [Extracted from the article]

Apple: Proposed UK law is a "serious, direct threat" to security, privacy "Together, these provisions could be used to force a company likeApple, that would never build a backdoor, to publicly withdrawcritical security features from the UK market, depriving UK users ofthese protections", the company warned. News Apple Holic Apple has major concerns about new UK government surveillancelaws, which it argues are so over-reaching that tech firms can'tpossibly meet their requirements. [Extracted from the article]

Apple has joined the chorus of those who know what they're talking about to warn against a UK bill that breaks end-to-end encryption Apple warns that UK's Online Safety Bill puts people at "greater risk": Some laws don't make you safer. Apple has raised its voice against a UK law that will dramatically undermine secure commerce and trust online, warning it could put UK citizens at risk. [Extracted from the article]