Priti Patel Says She Will Stop Big Social Media Firms ‘Blinding’ Themselves With Encryption

Home Secretary Priti Patel has told Tory MPs pushing for the Prime Minister to resign to ‘forget it.’ Danny Lawson/PA

The Home Secretary Priti Patel has pledged to amend legislation going through Parliament in an attempt to stop Facebook, Snapchat, and other big social brands from “intentionally blinding” themselves to child abuse and other illegal activities by using encryption.

Writing in The Telegraph, Patel said: “Child sexual abuse is an unimaginably wicked crime. Tackling this online is a global problem, requiring global solutions. We all need to play our part.”