“Force technology companies to inform the Home Office in advance of security and privacy features they want to add, including encryption, and force them to disable features which the government objects to”
The King’s Speech announced an Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill before any text of it exists. The headline power lets the Home Office demand advance notice of new encryption features and order them switched off. Companies would have to comply before any review of the order finishes. The Home Office failed to remake the internet around Meta with the Online Safety Act. Now it wants a veto over the next security feature instead.