Amber Rudd: viewers of online terrorist material face 15 years in jail
Found on The Guardian on Tuesday, 03 October 2017
People who repeatedly view terrorist content online could face up to 15 years behind bars in a move designed to tighten the laws tackling radicalisation the home secretary, Amber Rudd, is to announce on Tuesday.
“I want to make sure those who view despicable terrorist content online, including jihadi websites, far-right propaganda and bomb-making instructions, face the full force of the law,” said Rudd.
“I don’t need to understand how encryption works to understand how it’s helping the criminals,” she went on.
Yes, she does need to understand how it works if she wants to regulate it, because if she would even have the slightest clue, she would know that her efforts are pointless and will only cause harm. Nobody outside GB will care about her little bubble and by the time she has forced eg Whatsapp to create a backdoored swiss cheese, users will have moved on to the next better and more decentralized messenger (as long as it is convenient to use). People like Rudd are the problem in politics: filled with arrogance and ignorance.