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Encrypting social media chat 'could put up to 700,000 children at risk of grooming'

Data comes with Priti Patel set to renew attack on plans by Facebook and other social media giants to extend message encryption

By Charles Hymas, Home Affairs Editor

16 April 2021 • 8:00pm

Priti Patel will warn that the move could deny law enforcement agencies access to millions of suspect contacts between children and sexual abusers

Priti Patel will warn that the move could deny law enforcement agencies access to millions of suspect contacts between children and sexual abusers

Credit: Matt Dunham/AP Pool

The encrypting of online chat by Facebook and other social media giants could put up to 700,000 children at risk of grooming by sexual predators, according to official data....


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