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UK government to back down on controversial end-to-end encryption provisions in Online Safety Bill (techmonitor.ai)
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Almost like it was a non-starter. Who could have possibly foreseen that?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they just want the headlines for being seen doing something, they don't actually want to implement anything

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sunak is absolutely obsessed with doing exactly that. You can tell he just craves the prestige of being Prime Minister but isn't actually interested in doing the job, it's embarrassing really.