WhatsApp would rather be banned than weaken security
WhatsApp would rather be banned than weaken security. The messaging app - which is owned by Meta, the parent company of brands like Instagram and Facebook - has threatened to remove itself from the UK market than edit its encrypted-messaging service than make it make comply with the long-awaited Online Safety Bill. According to the app’s boss Will Cathcart, they would merely reject any requirement to loosen their privacy settings and have the precedent of doing exactly that. He said: "Our users all around the world want security - 98% of our users are outside the UK, they do not want us to low...