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Meredith Whittaker Aug 21, 2023

In reply to a quick conversation with Lord Bethell of the UK Parliament on Twitter, I composed an open response.

You can find the original (ongoing) conversation here: https://twitter.com/mer__edith/status/1692547122850111667

The the open response here: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/LBResponse.pdf

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Hi Lord Bethell, great to meet you. We're a nonprofit, not BigTech, and we've have never opposed whole Bill. We're alarmed by clause 111 giving Ofcom powers to mandate a backdoor in e2e encryption, undermining the safety & security of the UK's core infrastructure & basic rights.

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47

@Mer__edith It would seem to me that the reason why supporters of Clause 122 are not engaging with the undeniable facts about it is because they are not acting in good faith.
They don't care about privacy. To the extent that they say they do, they are being performative, not sincere.
Maybe you can't say that, because politics. But the rest of us can. 🤷