- WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart says the messaging app will depart the UK if it’s forced to weaken its encryption standards under the country’s upcoming Online Safety Bill.
- Cathcart on Thursday criticized the legislation as the most concerning set of online regulations in the Western world.
- WhatsApp’s warning follows similar threats from another encrypted messaging app, Signal, who said last month that the company “would absolutely 100 percent walk [away from the UK]”
