Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released its first set of proposed rules under a new online safety law, with strict penalties for noncompliance.
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, says it is prepared to “disrupt” tech platforms that don’t comply with the country’s controversial new Online Safety Act, including cutting them off from payment systems or even blocking them from the UK. The act—a sprawling piece of legislation that covers a spectrum of issues, from how technology platforms should protect children from abuse to scam advertising and terrorist content—became law in October.
To meet the requirements under the act, platforms would have to be able to look at users’ messages, most likely using so-called client-side scanning, essentially viewing the message at the device level—something that privacy activists have equated to putting spyware on a user’s phone. That, they say, creates a backdoor that could be exploited by security services or cybercriminals. “Let’s assume the UK government is completely virtuous.
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