08/03/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 8 March, the NGO European Digital Rights (EDRi) published the results of a survey conducted across 13 EU Member States revealing that 80% of the 8,000 young people aged between 13 and 17 who were surveyed “would not feel comfortable being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities were able to monitor their digital communications in order to look for child sexual abuse”. Nearly 66% of respondents do not agree with internet service providers monitoring their digital communications for suspicious content and 56% of respondents to the survey believe that their anonymity is crucial for activism and to be able to organise themselves and their peers politically. The results of this survey come at a time when work is underway on several texts within European institutions, including the European Commission’s proposal to establish rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. (TM)