Platforms in EU await decision on potentially restoring voluntary CSAM detection rules
By Júlia Tar ( July 9, 2026, 10:51 GMT | Insight) -- Platforms will have to wait longer to regain an EU legal basis to voluntarily detect and report online child sexual abuse material, after lawmakers on Thursday adopted two encryption-related amendments. The adoption leaves member states to decide whether to accept the changes, or continue negotiations.Platforms will have to wait longer to regain an EU legal basis to voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after lawmakers on Thursday adopted two encryption-related amendments to the proposed rules. The adoption leaves it to member states to decide whether to accept the changes, or continue negotiations....
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