The Internet Safety Act has been in the works for nearly four years.
The bill would give Britain’s communications regulator the power to impose requirements on social media to comply with safety standards related to terrorism or child sexual content, with fines of up to 10% of global sales for those who disobey the law. According to “WhatsApp”, the bill violates its privacy policy related to the encryption of messages between users.
Not at the expense of the public
“We have to remember that these are global platforms, that they have a system that works for billions of people around the world, and that a relatively small market like the UK doesn’t is not something that could endanger their billions of users worldwide,” said Claire Fox, a member of Britain’s House of Lords.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We support strong encryption, but this cannot come at the expense of public safety.”
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