EU countries reach long-awaited deal on online child abuse detection

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EU countries reach long-awaited deal on online child abuse detection  Member states have agreed on a deal to fight child abuse online by pushing platforms to remove illegal content, though mandatory scanning of private messages was dropped.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/eu-countries-reach-long-awaited-deal-on-online-child-abuse-detection  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00EU Member States agreed on Wednesday on a common position concerning the controversial

00:04Child Sexual Abuse Protection Law, known as the CSA regulation.

00:09The measures aim to systematically remove illegal and harmful content by creating a

00:13new EU Centre on Child Sexual Abuse, empowering authorities to oblige companies to block or

00:19remove such material.

00:21Following years of deadlock, the Danish presidency secured a compromise that removes mandatory

00:26scanning of private end-to-end encrypted communications by authorities.

00:31However, platforms like Facebook, Messenger or Instagram would still be allowed to voluntarily

00:36scan messages themselves.

00:39Critics remain concerned, with former pirate MEP Patrick Breyer calling the deal a Trojan

00:44horse that legitimizes voluntary mass surveillance by US corporations.

00:49There are also fears that the proposed age-verification system using ID cards or facial recognition

00:54could endanger online privacy.

00:57Negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and Council are now set to begin

01:02in 2026.

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