Cybersecurity
Facebook Should Slow End-to-End Encryption Effort, Officials Say
- U.S., U.K., Australian officials want access to communications
- Company is working to increase privacy for messaging services
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Facebook Inc. should stop its plans for end-to-end encryption in messaging applications until governments can ensure lawful access to user communications, according to a joint letter signed by U.S., U.K. and Australian justice officials.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr and legal officials from the U.K. and Australia called on Facebook to take certain steps before it implements end-to-end encryption on their messaging products, according to the letter obtained by Bloomberg News.