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Platforms face uncertainty after EU fails to extend child-abuse rules

By Júlia Tar ( March 18, 2026, 15:23 GMT | Comment) -- Online platforms face growing legal uncertainty after EU lawmakers and member states failed to agree on extending temporary rules allowing the voluntary detection of CSAM. Meanwhile, institutions are blaming each other as lawmakers warn that companies may have to rely on more fragmented alternatives — such as the Digital Services Act and national rules — once the regime expires in early April.Platforms will face mounting legal uncertainty from early April, after EU lawmakers and national governments failed to agree on extending temporary rules allowing the voluntary detection of online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM....

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