29/04/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 29 April, the EU Council definitively adopted the regulation extending the derogations from the e-privacy directive to combat online child sexual abuse content. The measure, proposed by the Commission to compensate for the lack of agreement on a permanent regulation proposed in May 2022, will be extended until 3 April 2026 (see EUROPE 13388/22). The adopted regulation maintains a derogation from data protection rules in the electronic communications sector, which allows providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services (e.g. messaging services) to use specific technologies to detect, report and remove online child sexual abuse content on their services. (SP)