LONDON: Britons could see the hugely popular Whatsapp banned under new laws on social media and online messaging services.
WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat currently scramble communications between users and if they don’t conform they will face a ban.
Speaking earlier this year David Cameron warned: “In our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people which we cannot read?”
“My answer to that question is: ‘No, we must not’.”
If the controversial new legislation is passed in the coming weeks all three services could be banned in the United Kingdom.
Private online communications will be opened-up by the “Snooper’s Charter” – or the Investigatory Powers Bill, to give the bill its full title – which requires internet service providers, phone companies and technology firms like Google, Apple, Facebook and WhatsApp to keep a record of all of your activity.
