Zack Whittaker

The UK government is "largely run by WhatsApp," according to Boris Johnson's former comms chief, the BBC reports.

This is the same UK gov't that's pushing for the Online Safety Bill, which if passed into law would compel tech companies — including WhatsApp — to weaken their encryption in order to scan users' messages.

WhatsApp itself has said it'd rather be blocked in the UK than undermine its security.

The absolute self-owning stupidity of the UK gov't is astounding.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65776560

UK government largely run on WhatsApp says ex-comms chief

The government is in a standoff with Covid inquiry officials over Boris Johnson's messages.

BBC News
Jun 1, 2023 at 8:49pmWeb
Show threadRGJun 1, 2023
@zackwhittaker This is true for most of Indian govt. too. Employees just ignore the mandate to use Govt’s in-house solution (which sucks big time). WhatsApp groups are used as Slack.
Show threadMathiasJun 7, 2023
@zackwhittaker shudder to think whether that could also be in my country. Any self-respecting org forbids this. But then, Angela Merkel's calls were intercepted because she used her private smartphone instead of her official crypto phone. Arrgh, executives.