France and Germany urge reform to access encrypted messages

(Telecompaper) French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met with his German counterpart, Thomas de Maiziere, on 23 August to discuss anti-terrorism proposals. Following the meeting, Cazeneuve told the press in Paris that France and Germany will put forward a European initiative to tackle the problem of messaging encryption used by Islamist extremists, to be discussed at the EU summit taking place on 16 September. In particular, Cazeneuve said that messaging service operators such as Telegram,