On Monday 23 February, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) examined the proposal to extend the derogation from the ePrivacy Directive, intended to combat child pornography content online.
Given the delay in adopting a permanent framework, the rapporteur, Birgit Sippel (S&D, German), deplored the fact that restrictions on fundamental rights “risk staying in place much longer (...) than planned”. She criticised the lack of evidence provided by the Commission...