WhatsApp could soon be
banned in the UK, owing to the strict laws on social media and online messaging
services.
According to Express.co.uk, UK Prime Minister
David Cameron is now looking at new legislation that plans ‘to stop people from
sending any form of encrypted messages’.
Today, there are popular
messaging services in the UK namely, WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat. If the
new legislation is passed then all these services could be banned in the UK in
the coming weeks.
He reportedly said, “In
our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people which
we cannot read? My answer to that question is: ‘No, we must not’.”
With the new
Investigatory Powers Bill, Internet service providers, Internet companies like
Facebook, Google and others, will need to keep a record of your activity. The
new bill, the pace of which has been accelerated due to recent concerns over
terrorist attacks, could be passed by Autumn.
Though the complete
details of the bill are still undisclosed, it means that the government will
now get to spy on users irrespective of whether they are crime suspects or not.
Sounds creepy, doesn’t it?
Meanwhile, popular messaging service, WhastApp,
has updated its Web app. WhatsApp for Web has now been updated to include
mobile-like features giving users more control over chats and group
conversations on the web.
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