EU institutions to work in coming weeks on CSAM temporary rules extension

By Júlia Tar ( January 26, 2026, 14:39 GMT | Comment) -- Work is set to begin in the coming weeks on negotiations for agreeing an extension of EU privacy rules that would allow platforms to continue to take a voluntary approach to detecting online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, the lawmaker leading the talks in the European Parliament has told MLex. German lawmaker Birgit Sippel said the talks should look at what the previous extension achieved and warned against granting an overly long extension.Work is set to begin in the coming weeks on negotiations for agreeing an extension of EU privacy rules that would allow platforms to continue to take a voluntary approach to detecting online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, the lawmaker leading the talks in the European Parliament told MLex in an interview....

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EU institutions to work in coming weeks on CSAM temporary rules extension

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