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Evening Standard
Technology
Saqib Shah

Apple threatens to pull iMessage and FaceTime in the UK over law change

Apple is threatening to remove iMessage and FaceTime in the UK because of proposed changes to surveillance laws.

The iPhone maker opposes Government plans to give the Home Office powers to issue injunctions to intercept encrypted messages and quietly disable security features. Critics have labelled the changes a “snooper’s charter”.

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