Vance is spreading the Trump gospel of freedom of speech and respect for Americans’ privacy.
Vice-President JD Vance continues his work enforcing Donald J. Trump’s policies and principles in close negotiations with ‘allies’ like the United Kingdom.
Now, the British press is reporting that Vance ‘forced’ Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Government to drop its demand for ‘backdoor’ access to users’ iPhone messages.
The Telegraph reported:
“The vice-president personally intervened to stop the Government from forcing Apple to remove its end-to-end encryption which protects users’ privacy.”
If Apple complied, UK officials would access an iPhone owner’s photos and messages ‘if they were suspected of a crime’.
Vance, who has led the US fight against government overreach and censorship in Britain, pressured senior UK officials to drop the plan.
“The VP took a strong interest in this issue because of his background in technology, his concern for privacy, and his sincere commitment to maintain a strong US-UK relationship,” a US official said.
‘The VP was in charge and was personally involved in negotiating a deal, including having direct conversations with the British government’.”
Vance and Trump have compared the Labour UK Government’s efforts to ‘Chinese surveillance’.
“’The VP negotiated a mutually beneficial understanding that the UK Government will withdraw the current back door order to Apple’, the US official added. On Monday, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, announced the UK Government had dropped the plan.”
Tulsi Gabbard also posted about the issue:
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