LONDON (March 27): UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd said Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging system should open its encryption to security services and urged online companies to be more aggressive in shutting down sites exploited by terrorists.

After newspapers disclosed that Khalid Masood, who killed four people in London last week, had used WhatsApp shortly before he began his attack, Rudd identified the company as needing to do more to help fight terrorism.

“It’s completely unacceptable” that messages can’t be opened, Rudd told the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show” on Sunday. “We need to make sure that our intelligence services have the ability to get into encrypted services like WhatsApp.”

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