{"id":9671,"date":"2023-04-18T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/whatsapp-and-signal-unite-against-online-safety-bill-amid-privacy-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:37:40","slug":"whatsapp-and-signal-unite-against-online-safety-bill-amid-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/whatsapp-and-signal-unite-against-online-safety-bill-amid-privacy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp and Signal unite against online safety bill amid privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Encrypted chat apps sign open letter warning of \u2018unprecedented threat to safety and security\u2019 of UK citizens<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/17\/age-checks-trolls-and-deepfakes-whats-in-the-online-safety-bill\">Age checks, trolls and deepfakes: what\u2019s in the online safety bill?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rival chat apps WhatsApp and Signal have joined forces in a rare show of unity to protest against the online safety bill, which they say could undermine the UK\u2019s privacy and safety.<\/p>\n<p>In an open letter signed by the heads of both organisations as well as five other encrypted chat apps, the executives warn that the bill could be used to in effect outlaw end-to-end encryption, which prevents anyone but the intended recipient of a message from seeing its contents.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/18\/whatsapp-signal-unite-against-online-safety-bill-privacy-messaging-apps-safety-security-uk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/74bb2e19af48b059f2ef86c6cb7cffd3bde9f8e4\/0_262_3600_2161\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3212529852bb1f7461d96ed364848fb2\" title=\"WhatsApp and Signal unite against online safety bill amid privacy concerns\" \/>Encrypted chat apps sign open letter warning of \u2018unprecedented threat to safety and security\u2019 of UK citizens<br \/>\nAge checks, trolls and deepfakes: what\u2019s in the online safety bill?<br \/>\nThe rival chat apps WhatsApp and Signal have joined forces in a rare show of unity to protest against the online safety bill, which they say could undermine the UK\u2019s privacy and safety.<br \/>\nIn an open letter signed by the heads of both organisations as well as five other encrypted chat apps, the executives warn that the bill could be used to in effect outlaw end-to-end encryption, which prevents anyone but the intended recipient of a message from seeing its contents. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encrypted chat apps sign open letter warning of \u2018unprecedented threat to safety and security\u2019 of UK citizens Age checks, trolls and deepfakes: what\u2019s in the online safety bill? The rival chat apps WhatsApp and Signal have joined forces in a rare show of unity to protest against the online safety bill, which they say could &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/whatsapp-and-signal-unite-against-online-safety-bill-amid-privacy-concerns\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WhatsApp and Signal unite against online safety bill amid privacy concerns<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9672,"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\/9671"}],"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=9671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}