It’s not science or logic that convinced the UK government, one of the most determined enemies of the Internet. It’s that Meta showed it will follow up on threa

It’s not science or logic that convinced the UK government, one of the most determined enemies of the Internet. It’s that Meta showed it will follow up on threats when it removed all links to news sites in Canada. UK politicians love WhatsApp’s end to end encryption as it allows them to evade public records laws (as well as snooping by UK spooks who have not hesitated to wiretap British Prime Ministers like Harold Wilson). Boris Johnson’s extensive use of WhatsApp specifically was in the news during the Covid inquiry. It’s perfectly OK for the proles to lose encryption, but not for politicians.