• @Paws@lemmy.world
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    3911 months ago

    Signal and WhatsApp have also said they’d likely leave the UK market if this bill is passed as it currently is.

    • @RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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      1711 months ago

      Signal should still work there if people want to use it, and they don’t block it with a Great British Firewall.

      • @Methylman@lemmy.world
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        411 months ago

        It’s not so much a matter of whether the service would work or not but whether the corporate directors would be exposed to criminal liability for continuing to provide such services without OFCOM being able to “understand” the encrypted messages: see 99(4) of the Bill

        https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137