“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.”
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.”
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