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Indeed. The article itself doesn't explain why this will affect the rest of the world. In fact, Apple has said they would consider withdrawing FaceTime and iMessage in the UK if this law goes ahead, so I think it is unlikely it will affect the rest of the world. Either the UK will be left with fewer encrypted products, or they will do a u-turn.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/20/uk-survei...

I've lost count of the number of u-turns they have done already. I think it's like 5 or so.

(I'm including their various attempts to ban porn from the internet.)

The rest of the world is taking notes. They're trying to push something similar through in the EU. The US has at least 2 or 3 bills active right now that would have similar effects.

The UK is a number of islands.

The main one being Great Britain, plus a chunk of Ireland. There are then a number of smaller islands around the English, Welsh, and Scottish parts of Great Britain.