The Country Formerly Known As Great Britain

Since they seem to be embracing the principles of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, they should just go ahead and rename themselves "Airstrip One." From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users

The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the privacy and security of U.K. residents, but internet users worldwide.

A Backdoor That Undermines Encryption

A clause of the bill allows Ofcom, the British telecom regulator, to serve a notice requiring tech companies to scan their users–all of them–for child abuse content.This would affect even messages and files that are end-to-end encrypted to protect user privacy. As enacted, the OSB allows the government to force companies to build technology that can scan regardless of encryption–in other words, build a backdoor.

This means, at least, that a bunch of products will not be available to folks in the UK. (I can't imagine Signal will agree to this.) And the companies that do want to do business will undermine the security of everyone. Which I expect Google and Meta to do.

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