The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements. If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself.
That would literally mean after the acquisition of a search warrant in America, which are generally not easy to get; so I’m still not terribly worried about it. The US isn’t the EU.
I’m too cynical. I hope to once again share some faith in the system again. All the best!