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Signal’s Whittaker Threatens UK Exit Amid Phone-Screening Plan
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Cybersecurity Signal’s Whittaker Threatens UK Exit Amid Phone-Screening Plan Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging company Signal, has once again threatened to pull the app from the UK over the government’s approach to tech regulation. Whittaker’s intervention follows plans announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday that would compel companies to prevent children from accessing or taking nude images on mobile devices, through a combination of content-screening and age...
Cybersecurity
Signal’s Whittaker Threatens UK Exit Amid Phone-Screening Plan
Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging company Signal, has once again threatened to pull the app from the UK over the government’s approach to tech regulation.
Whittaker’s intervention follows plans announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday that would compel companies to prevent children from accessing or taking nude images on mobile devices, through a combination of content-screening and age verification.