Signal Would ‘Walk’ From UK if Online Safety Bill Undermined Encryption

Signal Would ‘Walk’ From UK if Online Safety Bill Undermined Encryption

The encrypted-messaging app Signal has said it would stop providing services in the UK if a new law undermined encryption. If forced to weaken the privacy of its messaging system under the Online Safety Bill, the organisation “would absolutely, 100% walk” Signal president Meredith Whittaker told the BBC.The government said its proposal was not “a…