On Wednesday, the Civil Liberties Committee endorsed a draft Parliament position on extending temporary rules to allow for the detection of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online in derogation of EU legislation on the respect of privacy online. This would prevent a legal vacuum when the derogation expires in August 2024. The draft position was adopted with 43 votes in favour, 19 against, and 4 abstaining.

MEPs propose extending the current rules until 3 May 2025 and emphasise that they cannot be extended any further. They point out the importance of adopting permanent rules on CSAM that include prevention measures, which is why this extension should be a one-off solution.

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Rapporteur Birgit Sippel (S&D, Germany) said: “The result of the vote is very clear: with a broad majority, we have adopted a tight deadline for the expiration of the interim regulation to put pressure on Council to adopt a position on the permanent regulation. Furthermore, we deleted the definition of…