Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse

The Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation, or CSAR) is a European Union regulation proposed by the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on 11 May 2022.[1] It aims to prevent child sexual abuse online.[2] The regulation would establish a framework that would require digital platforms to detect and report CSAM rather than making the practice voluntary as is the case prior to this regulation.[3][4][5][6][7]

Regulation proposal
European Union regulation
Text with EEA relevance
TitleProposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse
Journal reference
Preparative texts
Commission proposalCOM/2022/209 final
Proposed

Reception

Groups opposed to this proposal often highlight that it would impose mandatory chat control for all digital private communications.[8][9][10][11] Civil society organisations and activists have argued that the proposal is not compatible with fundamental rights, infringing on the right to privacy.[12] Moreover, the proposal has been critcized as technically infeasible. In Ireland, only 20.3% of the reports received by the Irish police forces turned out to be actual expoloitation material. Specifically, from a total of 4192 reports received, 471 were false positives and at least 940 included IP addresses which didn't allow the police to pursue further.[13]

In April 2022, the European Parliament confirmed that they had received a large number of messages calling to vote against the European Commission's chat control proposal.[14] Citizens expressed their concerns that the new legislation would breach data protection and privacy rights.

References
  1. Lomas, Natasha (2022-05-11). "Europe's CSAM scanning plan unpicked". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. Killeen, Molly (2022-11-21). "EU Council discusses cross-border removal orders to fight child pornography". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  3. "EU plans new law to combat child abuse – DW – 01/09/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. Kabelka, Laura (2022-06-27). "Bundestag quarrels over retaining IP data to fight child abuse". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  5. Kabelka, Laura (2022-10-11). "MEPs sceptical on EU proposal to fight online child sexual abuse". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  6. Pollet, Mathieu (2022-05-10). "LEAK: Commission to force scanning of communications to combat child pornography". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  7. "Report slams German opposition to new child sexual abuse rules". EUobserver. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  8. "Chat Control: The EU's CSEM scanner proposal". Patrick Breyer. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  9. "A beginner's guide to EU rules on scanning private communications: Part 2". European Digital Rights (EDRi). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  10. Vincent, James (2022-05-11). "New EU rules would require chat apps to scan private messages for child abuse". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  11. Mullin, Joe (2022-10-19). "EU Lawmakers Must Reject This Proposal To Scan Private Chats". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  12. "European Commission must uphold privacy, security and free expression by withdrawing new law, say civil society". European Digital Rights (EDRi). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  13. Cronin, Olga (2022-10-19). "An Garda Síochána unlawfully retains files on innocent people who it has already cleared of producing or sharing of child sex abuse material". Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  14. "Citizens' enquiries on the EU's proposal to address child sexual abuse online". Epthinktank. 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-07.


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