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> It seems something the security services and the control freaks in government want i am writing this comment again: it's not the government that is pushing t
by kmlx 3y ago
> It seems something the security services and the control freaks in government want
i am writing this comment again: it's not the government that is pushing this. it's all the NGOs, various civil society organisation, even the opposition criticises the government for not going far enough (they wanted jail sentences for CEOs, making VPNs illegal, etc). and polls point to massive support for this from the locals.
it's not the government, it's society that wants this.
- dmcq2 3y agoIt's not a vote winner.
- kmlx 3y agodepends how you frame it. for example: “the government doesn’t want to protect your children”. but the way the opposition attacked the plans as weak or very weak tells me they’ve done the studies. also, this: > Richard Collard, head of child safety online policy at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said: “Our polling shows the UK public overwhelmingly support measures to tackle child abuse in end-to-end encrypted environments. Tech firms can show industry leadership by listening to the public and investing in technology that protects both the safety and privacy rights of all users.”