that. . . , provisions allowing meta to do that. . , .. , provisions allowing meta to do that. , that. privacy campaigners say that. privacy campaigners say that this is that. privacy campaigners say that this is a that. privacy campaigners say that this is a major that. privacy campaigners say that this is a major victory. i that this is a major victory. they say that meta will now have to give users choice over how their data is used. do you see that happening now? i would sa not see that happening now? i would say not so see that happening now? i would say not so fast. see that happening now? i would say not so fast. first see that happening now? i would say not so fast. first of see that happening now? i would say not so fast. first of all, - say not so fast. first of all, as you said in the introduction, this decision will no doubt be appealed. second, the decision actually reflects a deep chasm between european regulators on this matter. the irish data protection com
whether their data could be used for targeted advertising, and instead they had to agree to contract terms of use, which included provisions allowing meta to do that. privacy campaigners say that this is a major victory. they say that meta will now have to give users choice over how their data is used. do you see that happening now? i would say not so fast. first of all, as you said in the introduction, this decision will no doubt be appealed. second, the decision actually reflects a deep chasm between european regulators on this matter. the irish data protection commissioner, the institution that reached the decision, actually would have allowed meta to continue to act, based on the contract,
not to bring end to end encryption services to their messaging services like facebook messenger and instagram direct messenger. formerly the ceo of the national cyber security centre, ciaran martin says he thinks the government s got it wrong on this issue. encryption has been a source of tension between government and the tech industry. end to end encryption is a specific form where, unlike in previous forms of encryption, there is no actual key. so, historically, you could go to a provider of a communication service, whether it s post or high end internet communications, you can serve a warrant and say we need access to this. with end to end encryption, the company can say there is no way of giving you that access. so privacy campaigners and many in the tech industry will say this is a very good thing, because it means that hackers, hostile foreign governments and so forth, cannot get at these types of communications.
encryption has been a source of tension between government and the tech industry. end to end encryption is a specific form where, unlike in previous forms of encryption, there is no actual key. so, historically, you could go to a provider of a communication service, whether it s post or high end internet communications, you can serve a warrant and say we need access to this. with end to end encryption, the company can say there is no way of giving you that access. so privacy campaigners and many in the tech industry will say this is a very good thing, because it means that hackers, hostile foreign governments and so forth, cannot get at these types of communications. meta owns whatsapp, which already uses end to end encryption. it had planned to introduce similar features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services. however, it s pushed back its encryption plans to 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups.
historically you can go to a provider of communication service, whether it is post or high end internet communication and you can say, we need access to this. with end to end encryption, the company can say there is no way of giving that access, so privacy campaigners and many in the tech industry will say this is a very good thing because that means that hackers, hostile foreign governments and so forth cannot get at these types of communications. meta owns whatsapp which already uses end to end encryption and had planned to use more features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services however it has pushed back its encryption plans until 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups. we now see more grooming offences on instagram than any other platform on the market so we have a situation where the highest risk platform, instagram, is now proposing to put on a blindfold and at a stroke