“It strongly objects to requirements such as backdoors for end-to-end encryption, reporting changes to product security features before they are released and being forced to disable security features before an appeals process can take place.”
The Online Safety Bill wants the power to scan end-to-end encrypted messages, and Apple answered with a nine-page objection and a threat to pull iMessage and FaceTime from the UK. The buried clause is worse than the scanning. The government wants advance notice of security changes and the power to switch features off before any appeal is heard. That makes London the release manager for every iPhone in the country.