EU plans to protect citizens' privacy online amid threats of a crackdown by Theresa May

The European Parliament wants to guarantee EU citizens' digital privacy by making end-to-end encryption compulsory for electronic communications. It has also proposed a ban on so-called security "backdoors", which would enable government agencies to access private conversations whenever they wanted to. The proposals are completely at odds with Theresa May's highly controversial plans to crack down on tech companies and our use of the internet. The Prime Minister claims the web provides terrorists with "safe spaces", and wants to introduce a number of strict rules that would restrict the types of content users could access and post. In the aftermath of the Finsbury Park Mosque terror attack, she said her rules would also ensure "that police and security services have the powers they need".