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UK government to back down on controversial end-to-end encryption provisions in Online Safety Bill (techmonitor.ai)
submitted 1 year ago by Jackthelad@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Almost like it was a non-starter. Who could have possibly foreseen that?

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Headline is wrong. All they've said is that they won't persue it if "it's not technically feasible". The law will still go in the books, and that statement won't mean shit when it's taken to court.