{"id":171927,"date":"2026-06-09T05:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=171927"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:58:33","slug":"signal-slar-larm-nytt-overvakningsforslag-kan-skanna-alla-mobilers-innehall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/signal-sounds-alarm-new-surveillance-proposal-could-scan-all-mobile-phone-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Signal sounds alarm: New surveillance proposal could scan all mobile content"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Messaging app Signal has launched a fierce attack on the UK government's latest privacy proposals. According to the company, the plans risk creating an extensive surveillance infrastructure that could eventually be used far beyond the purpose of protecting children.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/signalapp\/status\/2064069692168519931\">statement<\/a><\/strong> Signal warns that the UK wants content on devices sold or used in the country to be scanned for nude images through a combination of age verification and content analysis directly on users' phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our statement on the UK government's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us...<\/p>- Signal (@signalapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/signalapp\/status\/2064069692168519931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Signal: \u201dWill not protect children\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signal writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThe UK government's requirement that all content on any device sold or used in the UK be scanned on the assumption that it contains nudity... will not protect children. It puts us all at risk.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It argues that the technology risks paving the way for wider surveillance and censorship in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Warns of increased control<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the statement, Signal argues that surveillance tools rarely remain limited to their original purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dOnce created, they will expand and form a dangerous tool that will be used both in the UK and abroad to censor and monitor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal comes at a time when the debate on client-side scanning is ongoing in both the UK and the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Points to other solutions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signal argues that children's safety should instead be strengthened through education, social interventions and clearer rules for AI platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conflict illustrates the growing tug-of-war between governments seeking to combat cybercrime and tech companies warning that new security measures could erode the right to private communications.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signal sounds the alarm: UK plans to scan all mobile content could open the door to mass surveillance and censorship<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":79501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,205,697],"tags":[288,1286,196],"class_list":["post-171927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utrikes","category-nyheter","category-vetenskap","tag-overvakning","tag-signal","tag-storbritannien"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}