Nick Ferrari SLAMS 'heartless' WhatsApp for protecting terrorists: 'Lives have been taken'
NICK FERRARI certainly didn't hold back as he discussed the need for terrorist's messages to be made available by services like WhatsApp that allow "end-to-end encryption".
Nick Ferrari SLAMS 'heartless' WhatsApp for protecting terrorists
Ferrari: WhatsApp 'heartless' for not revealing attacker's messages
The LBC presenter joined Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning to call on tech companies to help fight against terror.
Phillip revealed to viewers at home that the perpetrator behind Wednesday's terror attack at Westminster, Khalid Masood, used the messaging app just minutes before he drove into a group of pedestrians.
After hearing that WhatsApp would not be able to reveal what Khalid had used the app for ahead of the attack, Nick hit out at the company for protecting terrorists.
He slammed: "WhatsApp are saying the customer's privacy is the most important.
Phillip Schofield revealed that Khalid Masood used WhatsApp minutes before the attack
Nick said it was 'heartless' of WhatsApp not to reveal terrorist's messages
This is where people's lives have been taken
"What heartless rubbish. This is where people's lives have been taken."
The 58-year-old went on to add that he understood that by accessing messages on services like WhatsApp could open the doors to allowing the government to spy on the public.
But, he insisted it was essential access was given for crimes including terror attacks and noted that a judge would have to authorise it.
"There has been an increase in IS propaganda put out on social media and it needs to be addressed," Nick added.
"We deserve to know for the safety of our citizens what is going on out there."
Nick said we deserve access to messages for our safety
The Home Secretary said there should be no place for terrorists to hide
It comes after Home Secretary Amber Rudd called on messaging services to do more in the fight against terror.
She told Andrew Marr: "It is completely unacceptable, there should be no place for terrorists to hide.
"We need to make sure that organisations like WhatsApp, and there are plenty of others, don’t provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other."
This Morning airs weekdays on ITV at 10.30am.