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Re: Online Safety Bill
Pavel Durov, the owner of Telegram (a messaging platform that is encrypted at both ends), has been arrested in France for failing to co-operate with the authorities in their efforts to find criminals, including paedophiles, who use his platform to communicate with each other.
I wonder if the Online Safety Act (and similar legislation introduced by other countries) will be used in a similar way towards websites owners, some whom have also said that they will not allow the authorities access to the encrypted messages sent over their platforms?
Elon Musk is said to 'be worried' about this development.
It'll be interesting to see how this pans out. I'm sure that Governments (including our own) will be watching very closely as it's basically a test to see who is in control, platform owners or Government.
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