Signal, an app for sending encrypted messages, said it would stop working in the UK if a new law made encryption less safe.
Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, told the BBC that the company would leave if the Online Safety Bill forced it to make its messaging system less private.
The government said its plan was not an “end-to-end encryption ban.”
Boris Johnson put forward the bill, which is now going through Parliament.
Critics say that under the new law, Ofcom could require companies to scan messages on encrypted apps for content about the sexual abuse of children or terrorism.
This has worried companies whose job is to ensure people can talk to each other privately and safely.
The UK company Element, whose clients include the Ministry of Defense, told the BBC that the plan would cost it and its clients.
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Source: California Gazette
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