# Internet Regulation, Privacy, Hacks, Tech

**URL:** <https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/internet-regulation-privacy-hacks-tech/1554>\
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**Created:** [January 10, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/internet-regulation-privacy-hacks-tech/1554 "2021-01-10T11:35:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/internet-regulation-privacy-hacks-tech/1554/57 "2023-09-21T16:32:22Z")

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> **[UK's Online Safety Bill finally passed by parliament](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-online-safety-bill-passed-by-parliament-2023-09-19/)**
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> Britain's long-awaited Online Safety Bill setting tougher standards for social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok has been agreed by parliament and will soon become law, the government said on Tuesday.

Aaaand it’s done.

> The government, however, has said the bill does not ban end-to-end encryption.  
> Instead it will require companies to take action to stop child abuse on their platforms and as a last resort develop technology to scan encrypted messages, it has said.
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> Tech companies have said scanning messages and end-to-end encryption are fundamentally incompatible.

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