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Failed EU talks on extending CSAM interim rules make legal gap seem inevitable

By Júlia Tar ( March 16, 2026, 18:03 GMT | Insight) -- A legal gap in EU rules allowing online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material now looks certain to develop after lawmakers and member states failed to reach an agreement on Monday on extending a temporary regime before it expires on April 3. An agreement on a permanent CSAM regulation is still under negotiation and there is little prospect of a swift conclusion.A legal gap now looks certain to open up in the EU’s rules allowing online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after discussions on Monday between EU lawmakers and member states failed to produce an agreement on extending an interim regulation before it expires next month....

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