When did the UK Online Safety Bill come into law? The British Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill on September 19, 2023. A bit over a month later, on October 26, 2023, the bill received Royal Assent, formally establishing it as the first Online Safety Act (OSA) in the UK. Getting...
While the basic structure of the Online Safety Bill is unlikely to change as it passes through the final stages of the UK parliamentary process, there will be amendments and clarifications to ensure its effectiveness. Definitions of “primary priority content that is harmful to children”, “priori...
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 WhatsAppopposesthe proposed UK’sOnline Safety Bill(OSB) has once again fueled the decades...
The government has insisted that the bill would not outlaw end-to-end encryption. It said it will retain privacy while protecting the safety of children online. Richard Collard, associate head of child safety online policy at the NSPCC, described private messaging as the "frontline ...
UK’s Online Safety Bill requires messaging companies to remove end-to-end encryption to scan messages for child sex abuse material. The head of WhatsApp has said he would rather the messaging app was blocked in the UK than weaken the privacy of its encrypted messages, if re...
Despite introducing a clause that means its Online Safety Bill is no longer a concern for Apple, Whatsapp, or users, the UK government is insisting with a straight face that it's still exactly as tough on Big Tech as before.
"I actually am familiar with the bill," responded Davis. When asked to clarify whether or not she had read the bill, Davis replied: "I'm familiar with parts of the bill," implying that she had not read the bill in full. The 145-page Online Safety Bill, previously...
Ian thinks: In short no, it sounds like the UK government might have done a U-turn on the encryption in the new online safety bill. But it is still there waiting for the right moment. Crypto was never really the saver Ian thinks: Sex workers and adult entertainers are usually demonised...
In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption: As currently drafted, the Bill could break end-to-end encryption,opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of...
The UK government has said it will not use the powers granted by the Online Safety Bill to compel companies to scan encrypted messages until it becomes “technical feasible” to do so only for information about exploitation and abuse.