The heads of three major messaging apps have exclusively told The Standard that the Online Safety Bill, which is facing one of its final votes this week, will lead to the mass surveillance of every private online message and will destroy London’s reputation as a place to do business if the bill passes into law.
WhatsApp, Signal, and Element also say Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can forget about the UK becoming a technology superpower if that happens, as tech firms will leave London and no-one will want to start a business here.
