{"id":1223,"date":"2021-04-19T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/19\/priti-patel-v-facebook-is-the-latest-in-a-30-year-fight-over-encryption\/"},"modified":"2021-04-19T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T18:20:11","slug":"priti-patel-v-facebook-is-the-latest-in-a-30-year-fight-over-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/19\/priti-patel-v-facebook-is-the-latest-in-a-30-year-fight-over-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"Priti Patel v Facebook is the latest in a 30-year fight over encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governments have been clashing with tech companies for decades over user privacy<\/p>\n<p>Priti Patel has stepped up an international campaign to force Facebook to reverse its plans to merge its messaging apps and encrypt all communications between users, arguing such plans make it harder to safeguard children. But despite the intensity of the home secretary\u2019s call for action, there\u2019s little new ground broken in the encryption wars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot allow a situation where law enforcement\u2019s ability to tackle abhorrent criminal acts and protect victims is severely hampered,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/apr\/19\/priti-patel-says-tech-companies-have-moral-duty-to-safeguard-children\">Patel told an event organised by the NSPCC children\u2019s charity<\/a> on Monday afternoon. \u201cSimply removing accounts from platforms is nowhere near enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/apr\/19\/priti-patel-v-facebook-is-the-latest-in-a-30-year-fight-over-encryption\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e8043544585ae0c71bb6e6480f1cde3ad1932f3f\/0_109_4000_2401\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6ed903971ea6c65a6a0905392b8bc684\" title=\"Priti Patel v Facebook is the latest in a 30-year fight over encryption\" \/>Governments have been clashing with tech companies for decades over user privacy<br \/>\nPriti Patel has stepped up an international campaign to force Facebook to reverse its plans to merge its messaging apps and encrypt all communications between users, arguing such plans make it harder to safeguard children. But despite the intensity of the home secretary\u2019s call for action, there\u2019s little new ground broken in the encryption wars.<br \/>\n\u201cWe cannot allow a situation where law enforcement\u2019s ability to tackle abhorrent criminal acts and protect victims is severely hampered,\u201d Patel told an event organised by the NSPCC children\u2019s charity on Monday afternoon. \u201cSimply removing accounts from platforms is nowhere near enough.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governments have been clashing with tech companies for decades over user privacy Priti Patel has stepped up an international campaign to force Facebook to reverse its plans to merge its messaging apps and encrypt all communications between users, arguing such plans make it harder to safeguard children. But despite the intensity of the home secretary\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/19\/priti-patel-v-facebook-is-the-latest-in-a-30-year-fight-over-encryption\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Priti Patel v Facebook is the latest in a 30-year fight over encryption<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}