Australia Seeks Corporate Help to Break Terror Communications
Shoeb Tanveer, technology specialist in the Networks division at Telstra Corp., inspects cable wiring at the Telstra Corp. Exchange equipment building in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Telstra posted profit that met analysts' estimates as payments for handing over its copper network jumped even as revenue growth from mobile customers slowed amid tougher competition.
Photographer: Carla Gottgens/BloombergAustralia will seek cooperation from social media companies such as Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. to decrypt communication between terrorist groups.
Attorney General George Brandis told Sky News on Sunday the government would consider changes to Australia’s laws to ensure telecommunications and technology firms help authorities decipher suspect messages.