UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out

UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out

The UK acknowledged possible technical hurdles in its planned crackdown on illegal online content after encrypted messaging companies including WhatsApp threatened to pull their service from the country. Regulator Ofcom can only compel tech companies to scan platforms for illegal content such as images of child sexual abuse if it’s…

Deepfakes Sharing to Be Criminalised in UK Under New Online Safety Bill

Deepfakes Sharing to Be Criminalised in UK Under New Online Safety Bill

Under a planned amendment to the UK’s new Online Safety Bill, people who share so-called “deepfakes” — explicit images or videos which have been manipulated to look like someone without their consent — will be among those to be specifically criminalised for the first time and face potential time behind bars….