EU member states are again delaying adopting regulations that would require technology companies to scan user communications for child sexual abuse material on their platforms, DW News reports. The three-year delay was met with criticism from children’s online safety advocates after the Internet Watch Foundation found approximately two-thirds of all CSAM websites are hosted in the EU. The decision to implement such regulations would need to be made at the member state-level, and countries, such as Estonia, have already come out against regulations that would institute a ban on children under age 13 from accessing social media.
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