EU plans crackdown on online child sexual abuse
By DW
14 May 2022 |
8:47 am
The proposals would make it obligatory for companies operating in the EU to try to detect and report such cases, replacing a voluntary system that Brussels considers insufficient. Critics have raised privacy concerns.
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