Combatting Online Child Sexual Abuse via Communication Technologies

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

Pro
Contra
1:49 min
17. 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 (debate)
1:09 min
17. 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 (debate)
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