The WhatsApp messenger may stop working in the UK due to a new law regarding Internet safety. It has been reported Bloomberg.
Under the new law, authorities could force WhatsApp to implement a moderation policy that cannot be enforced if the service has end-to-end encryption that protects users’ correspondence. The messenger will be fined if he refuses to obey.
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart has strongly criticized the law, saying that end-to-end encryption cannot be weakened in certain parts of the world. In addition, this situation has caused the security level of all users of the service to decrease.
“All of our users want security – 98% of our users are outside the UK and don’t want encryption weakened,” Cathcart said, adding that it’s easier for the app to leave the country or be blocked in its own region. to comply with new requirements. Messenger President Meredith Whitaker previously said the service would “100% definitely leave the country” if a new law forces it to scan user messages.
“We will not lower the security of WhatsApp. We have never done that and have already accepted the fact that we are blocked in some countries,” Cathcart concluded.
Formerly socialbites.ca we talked about itThat WhatsApp will have the function of removing itself from group chats.