Nah, they’re not trying to ban end to end encryption because of AI deepfakes and (unofficially) for being a cesspool of barely regulated pro-fascist disinformation.

They’re trying to ban e2ee to return to the old world (as in before the widespread adoption of the internet) order of them being able to monitor and control every second of every aspect of every citizen’s life.

The UK government has never been very keen on privacy, except when it comes to their own financial corruption and grift.