Summary
A temporary EU regulation allowing messaging and email providers to use specific technologies to detect and report online child sexual abuse while maintaining strict privacy safeguards. 9 13.09.2021
Other
justice
human rights
social policy
information technology and data processing
Key points
- The regulation provides a temporary legal framework for communication providers to combat online child sexual abuse.
- It allows for the use of specific technologies, such as digital signatures and pattern detection, to identify illegal content.
- Mandatory human oversight is required to confirm any suspicious findings before they are reported to law enforcement.
- Providers must conduct thorough data protection impact assessments and consult with supervisory authorities before deploying these technologies.
Speeches
22 Speeches in total
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Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards as the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online
Use of technologies for the processing of data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (temporary derogation from Directive 2002/58/EC) ***I
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