Australia passes bill to force tech firms to hand over encrypted data

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Australia’s parliament on Thursday passed a bill to force tech firms such as Alphabet Inc’s Google , Facebook and Apple to give police access to encrypted data, the most far-reaching such requirements imposed by a western country.