US, UK and Australia demand that Facebook stop plan to introduce end-to-end encryption for WhatsApp

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End-to-end encryption will 'hinder or prevent' serious criminal investigations, authorities claims

Politicians across three of the so-called ‘five eyes' alliance have written to Facebook to demand that it stop development of end-to-end encryption in its messaging services - until it can reassure...

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