Civil victory: European Parliament removes mass surveillance from law against sexual abuse of minors

With 51 votes in favour, two against and one abstention, those responsible for the preparation of this new draft arrangement We confirm that judicial authorities can authorize orders to detect and remove content child abuse. Legal remedies may be used as a last resort and when other measures do not alleviate the problem.

The agreement signed on Tuesday does not include the detection affecting the market end-to-end encryption. The first proposal put forward by European CommissionDemanded by major digital platforms from WhatsApp to TikTok video game to cloudy– track all users’ encrypted communications indiscriminately European Union (EU) wanted pedophile material.

This possibility risks privacy This sparked a wave of outrage that forced lawmakers to fix it. “This would be invasive of privacy, and furthermore, we have no evidence that this is happening.” technology The proposed detection method will help save children, it is very fragile and causes many errors,” explained the telecommunications engineer. Carmela TroncosoProfessor of the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne to El Periódico de Cataluña from the group Prensa Ibérica.

Obligations to reduce risks

Regulations agreed today will challenge providers Internet To evaluate whether there is a risk regarding the use of services recruitment of minors and spread the evil call child pornography and take measures to reduce them. However, the agreement stipulates that these companies will be responsible for deciding which media they will use.

Deputies made a number of suggestions in this direction. For example, services targeting minors block spam and require user consent by default. Additionally, pornographic websites use effective age verification systems, Parental Controls or it is possible that content moderators are available to process complaints Against malicious material.