An early draft of the report indicates that it will frame the issue as one of adult privacy vs child safety, arguing that tech companies and social media platforms cannot possibly make up for the loss of investigative ability that end-to-end encryption will create. Patel’s speech is slated to be backed up by a report from PA Consulting, a firm that has been working with the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) on the Online Safety Bill. Facebook Messenger has end-to-end encryption as an option (“secret” messages) Facebook has pledged to make it the default state for all messages at some point in the future. WhatsApp does have end-to-end encryption, but also shares a great deal of user data with Facebook. Facebook’s messaging services have bled millions of users in recent months to Signal and Telegram, in no small part because those smaller services are perceived as having better security and greater respect for user privacy. While law enforcement agencies generally are not supporters of end-to-end encryption, there is strong public demand for it in messaging apps. The core of the argument is that end-to-end encryption makes it too difficult for law enforcement to track criminals on messaging apps, and particularly hampers investigations of child abuse and grooming.
Wired UK reports that a draft invitation reveals that Patel’s planned speech will address Facebook’s plans and call for end-to-end encryption to be more strongly regulated by the government. Home Secretary Priti Patel is delivering the keynote speech at a roundtable organized by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) on April 19. UK government opposes end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms The terms of the bill stipulate that services failing to meet prescribed standards of “duty of care” to users could face massive fines and could be blocked from UK access. The agency also appears to be endorsing the proposed Online Safety Bill, which would make it compulsory for tech companies to share data about child abuse with the government.
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