Overview
- U.S. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast asked the UK to brief them on its order directing Apple to provide a backdoor to encrypted user data.
- Their letter requests the Home Office and UK Embassy arrange the briefing by 10:00 a.m. ET on March 11, 2026.
- The request centers on a UK Technical Capability Notice issued to Apple, which lawmakers say must be understood for an informed public debate.
- Apple has stated it will not build backdoors, disabled Advanced Data Protection in the UK, and has challenged the UK order at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
- U.S. intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard said in August 2025 that Britain dropped a broader demand, while subsequent reporting described continued UK efforts to access British citizens’ cloud backups.