Signal says it'll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved
"Signal is a nonprofit whose sole mission is to provide a truly private means of digital communication to anyone, anywhere in the world," said Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, in a statement provided to"Many millions of people globally rely on us to provide a safe and secure messaging service to conduct journalism, express dissent, voice intimate or vulnerable thoughts, and otherwise speak to those they want to be heard by without surveillance from tech...
"We have never, and will never, break our commitment to the people who use and trust Signal. And this means that we would absolutely choose to cease operating in a given region if the alternative meant undermining our privacy commitments to those who rely on us." Asked whether she was concerned that Signal could be banned under the Online Safety rules, Whittaker told,"We were responding to a hypothetical, and we’re not going to speculate on probabilities. The language in the bill as it stands is deeply troubling, particularly the mandate for proactive surveillance of all images and texts.
"Signal’s announcement highlights just how seriously these proposals will threaten encryption and undermine our right to communicate securely and privately. "If Signal withdraws its services from the UK, it will particularly harm journalists, campaigners and activists who rely on end-to-end encryption to communicate safely."
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