EU must close legal gap to protect children from sexual abuse online: UN experts
NEW YORK/GENEVA (10 February 2021) – As the world marks Safer Internet Day, UN human rights experts have urged the European Union to reach agreement on temporary legislation to allow for the continued use of technological tools to tackle online child sexual abuse.
Reports prepared by tech companies using these tools have become key elements in law enforcement agency investigations, helping identify, locate and rescue victims, as well as bringing perpetrators to justice.
The implementation of the European Electronic Communication Code (EECC) on 21 December 2020 extended the EU’s communications regulatory framework to effectively ban the use of these tools.