He European Parliament on Tuesday established its red lines for negotiations with Twenty-Seven new law against the distribution of child pornography on the Internet which Brussels is calling for to close, but whose massive monitoring of communications to identify illegal material raises concerns about cybersecurity and user privacy.

In fact, the position adopted by the European Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) with 51 votes in favor, two against and one abstention, clearly demonstrates the disagreement of MEPs with the Prevention and Combating Online Sexual Abuse of Minors on the Internet (PCAM) Act. allow mass and indiscriminate monitoring of private communications.

Recognizing that voluntary arrests and reports by digital companies have not been enough to combat online child abuse, the European Union is working to mandatory detection orders for large platforms, that they must alert authorities if they discover pedophile material.

Under the new regulation, the final form of which must now be agreed by the European Parliament and the Council(s), countries must appoint a coordinating body capable of fine suppliers who do not complywhich may be requested from the judicial authorities “discovery orders” when they believe there is a significant risk that this service is used to spread sexual abuse of minors.

These discovery orders must be a means “last resource” when other mitigation measures have failed to control and competent authorities may issue orders for revocation, blocking and expulsion.

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In their mandate, MEPs insist that such orders be clearly limited to access to communications from “individuals or groups suspected” of distributing sexually violent content to minors based “reasonable degree of suspicion” and limited in time to avoid widespread Internet surveillance.

In this sense they protect End-to-end encrypted messages are not available disclosure orders to ensure the confidentiality of all users’ private communications. “safe and confidential”. Vendors, they add, will be able to choose which technologies they use as long as they meet strict community standards guarantees.

End-to-end encryption is encryption system that protects communicationsso that only the sender and users who receive the message can see its contents, preventing access to it by third parties or the company responsible for the service. This system is currently used on platforms such as whatsapp, Facebook Messenger or Telegram.

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“We have reached legally strong commitments supported by all political groups,” said the Eurocamra position rapporteur, a member of the European Parliament from the Spanish People’s Party (PP), who stressed that the agreed mandate “strikes a balance between the protection of minors and the protection of privacy.”

(Europe Press)