Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK

www.bbc.co.uk Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK

Some tech giants feel they might have reached a "tipping point" due to new legislation.

Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK::Some tech giants feel they might have reached a "tipping point" due to new legislation.

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Looks like is time to move to Europe then, I mean the whole call and write to your senators and representatives only works if they care about their people instead of corporate contributions, the whole vote for someone who cares only works if you have an alternative.
- Maybe I'm missing your point, but which senators in particular are relevant to the UK?
  
  I think the commenter meant the saying we have in the US which is call and write your representatives/senators. They were indicating doing whatever the UK version of that appears to be falling on deaf ears as the article states the politicians do not appear to be taking the advise of educated advisors so they are also likely going to ignore the public.
- yeah this is what I'm thinking. The fact that US corps want to pull out of the UK just makes me respect the UK more... not that they don't have their own problems, EU countries seem to be doing better in general
  
  The issue here is that the UK isn’t doing something good in this one circumstance. You can’t create a man in the middle encryption scheme and hope your the only man in the middle. It fundamentally breaks the baseline security and privacy of the solution.
India is soon bringing similar laws too 🥵
This is the best summary I could come up with:

Aimed at protecting children, it lays down strict rules around policing social media content, with high financial penalties and prison time for individual tech execs if the firms fail to comply.

One clause that has proved particularly controversial is a proposal that encrypted messages, which includes those sent on WhatsApp, can be read and handed over to law enforcement by the platforms they are sent on, if there is deemed to be a national security or child protection risk.

The NSPCC children's charity has described encrypted messaging apps as the "front line" of where child abuse images are shared, but it is also seen as an essential security tool for activists, journalists and politicians.

Microsoft reacted furiously when the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) chose to block its acquisition of the video game giant Activision Blizzard.

Also, we shouldn't confuse "pro-innovation" with "pro-Big Tech" warns Professor Neil Lawrence, a Cambridge University academic who has previously acted as an advisor to the CMA.

Professor Alan Woodward is a cyber-security expert at Surrey University whose has worked various posts at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency.

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FYI, already discussed here: https://lemmy.world/post/3129601
If only it didn't take banning encryption to get rid of them.
- Breaking encryption is not a good thing
  
  Oh, forgot to read why they're leaving. Assumed it was a data privacy thing because Europe, but the UK isn't like that I guess. :(
Tipping point: When tech companies are required to act responsibly. Saved you a click.
- If by "responsibly" you mean strip customers of privacy under old story of protecting children then sure.
  
  Why are you manipulating people?
  
  Thanks for calling out another propagandist.

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