Lobbying pressure from an alliance of big internet companies and civil liberties groups – and the resistance of one steadfast US senator – forced the Senate Intelligence Committee to withdraw proposed legislation requiring social media companies to report “terrorist activity” to the government.
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger could by banned by UK’s newly proposed bill
Newly proposed UK legislation will demand that messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat remove encryption from their apps altogether or see them banned. 
UK to rush through “emergency” phone and internet data retention law
The UK is rushing through Parliament what it calls an emergency law that will ensure it retains access to people’s phone and internet records, in spite of the European Court of Justice having said in April that data retention violates human rights. It’s not a rehash of the Snooper’s Charter, politicians claim, but there’s not a lot of time to eyeball it to make sure that’s true. 