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  "id": 97113,
  "title": "Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/apple-launches-legal-challenge-against-uk-government-demand-to-access",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-03T17:35:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/03/apple-legal-challenge-uk-government-data-access"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Office agreed to abandon its previous request. The US tech company launched the legal complaint last month at the Investigatory Powers…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/apple-launches-legal-challenge-against-uk-government-demand-to-access-121532",
        "published": "2026-08-03T17:35:44.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}