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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Australia eyes UK online bill in fight with tech companies over encryption and child safety

A child taps a keyboard on a laptop
Australian regulators have their eye on end-to-end encryption as they try to balance child safety with online privacy. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

As the UK pressures tech companies to open up end-to-end encrypted communications in the name of child safety, Australia is looking at following suit.

Law enforcement and child safety groups around the world say the rise in end-to-end encrypted communications apps makes it harder to track and stop the spread of online child abuse, with chat logs and filesharing going dark when communications are encrypted.

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