FACEBOOK plans to encrypt all messages on its platforms will give free rein to the worst criminals, the Home Office warned yesterday.<\/p>\n
The tech giant is considering introducing end-to-end encryption to Messenger and Instagram Direct just like WhatsApp so only the sender and recipient knows what is said.<\/p>\n
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It would have meant 26million pieces of terrorist material going hidden instead of being flagged up between October 2017 and March this year.<\/p>\n
And an estimated 12million reports relating to child sex abuse would be lost every year.<\/p>\n
Last year they led to more than 2,500 UK arrests and the safeguarding of nearly 3,000 children.<\/p>\n
Home Secretary Priti Patel said access to Facebook and Instagram messages were vital to avoiding those children are not abused, raped and degraded in the future.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement agencies would also lose access to terror content - with 26 million pieces of terrorist material acted upon between October 2017 and March 2019 alone.<\/p>\n
Yesterday the Home Office submitted 15 pages of detailed evidence to a US Senate Judiciary Committee and told of its grave concerns.<\/p>\n
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Last night Priti Patel said: This testimony lays out the UK Governments position clearly, factually and dismantles the myths and misconceptions peddled to prevent proper debate.<\/p>\n
Yesterday Britain stepped up its battle with the American social media giant - submitting detailed evidence to a US Senate Judiciary Committee warning that it will prevent law enforcement agencies from accessing criminal material.<\/p>\n
The Home Office said it had \"grave concerns\" with the plans and rejected claims from Facebook that the UK Government wants a \"backdoor\" into encrypted messages across its platforms.<\/p>\n
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