UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out

The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull out of the country.