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Encrypted messaging services see content-scanning rules in UK online harms law amended, not removed

By Frank Hersey ( July 20, 2023, 14:01 GMT | Insight) -- Secure messaging platforms such as Meta Platforms' WhatsApp or Signal have seen lawmakers adjust an obligation in the UK's planned online safety law to scan user content for terrorism and child sexual abuse material — but only to insert a layer of oversight over the watchdog responsible. Whenever Ofcom wanted to order content to be scanned, it would first have to seek a report from “skilled persons,” such as the UK data protection authority, to inform and support its request.Secure messaging platforms such as Meta Platforms' WhatsApp or Signal have seen lawmakers adjust an obligation in the UK's planned online safety law to scan user content for terrorism and child sexual abuse material — but only to insert a layer of oversight over the watchdog responsible....

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