The European Commission has laid the first stone of its new strategy against child pornography (see EUROPE B12535A1). On Thursday 10 September, it presented a regulation allowing online communication services to derogate from the privacy rules contained in the e-Privacy Directive.
The 12-page document, which has yet to be approved by the EU Parliament and Council, allows online communication service providers to continue to detect and report child sexual abuse content on a voluntary basis....