WhatsApp bosses have hinted at a complete UK shutdown amid a new Online Safety Bill making its way through Government channels.
The new bill will require easier access to messages for police and MI5, with powers to enable law enforcement to access encrypted messages. But Will Cathcart, head of the messaging service at Meta, has suggested he’d rather see the smartphone app blocked for British users than have its security weakened.
Mr Cathcart told the Telegraph : "The ill provides for technology notices requiring communication providers to take away end-to-end encryption – to break it. The hard reality is we offer a global product.
