Apple reportedly threatens to remove FaceTime and iMessage in UK over snooping row

Apple has reportedly warned the government that it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK if it were to pursue its proposed amendments to a 2016 Act.
The proposed changes by the UK government and Home Office under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 would give the Home Office permission to demand security features of communication service providers to be disabled without notifying the public, i.e. secretly.
An eight-week consultation was opened by the government and i