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No forced message scanning in new draft of EU's CSAM law, but legal gap remains

By Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi ( November 7, 2025, 12:38 GMT | Insight) -- Messaging platforms wouldn't be forced to scan for online child sexual abuse material under a new draft text prepared for EU governments struggling to agree on a proposed regulation on detecting and removing CSAM. Voluntary detection is instead treated as a possible risk-mitigation measure for high-risk services, although that leaves the EU dependent on a soon-to-expire e-privacy derogation that currently makes such scanning lawful.Messaging platforms would not be forced to scan for online child sexual abuse material under a new draft text prepared for EU governments struggling to agree on a proposed regulation on detecting and removing such content, known as CSAM....

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