Apple is so perturbed by a United Kingdom surveillance bill that its threatening to flat-out remove iMessage and FaceTime in the U. told the BBC the legislation was designed to "protect the public from criminals, child sex abusers and terrorists" but also added, "we keep all legislation under review to ensure it is as strong as it can be and this consultation is part of that process - no decisions have yet been made. The proposed legislation is still under an eight-week consultation period, so nothing is official yet