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Another tech firm says it has quit the UK over government internet surveillance plans

Posted on May 31, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes:

When British technology firm ind.ie announced it was quitting the UK because of the government’s plans to widen mass internet surveillance through a Snooper’s charter, and to block messaging services unless they have a government backdoor, I predicted that they weren’t going to the be the last.

Turns out I was right.

Eris Industries has announced it has told its staff to leave the country and, at least temporarily, moved its headquarters to New York.

Read more on GrahamCluley.com.

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