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The proposal known as “Chat Control” or the EU Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (CSAR) has been in negotiation through 2025 and the Council reached a political agreement on a revise...
The current EU “Chat Control” proposal (the Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, or CSA Regulation) has been negotiated through 2025 with shifting texts: earlier drafts envisaged mass ...
The Council approved a compromise on the so‑called “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation) and the file has moved into trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and Coun...
The legal basis for the Entry/Exit System (EES) is Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, adopted in November 2017 and in force since December 2017; eu‑LISA is responsible for development and operation . After re...
Available sources show the EU “Chat Control” (CSAM/CSA regulation) proposals have long proposed scanning private communications to detect child sexual abuse material and that recent Council compromise...
The latest available reporting indicates that the EU’s draft Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (the so-called “Chat Control” file) has moved away from breaking end‑to‑end encryption in some versions but s...
If trilogue negotiations finish in April 2026, the EU’s “Chat Control” (CSAR) text could be adopted by the European Parliament and Council immediately thereafter and become law once published in the O...
The EU “Chat Control” debate centers on proposals to scan private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and grooming; critics say the original drafts would have required scanning of en...
Current reporting shows the EU’s so‑called “Chat Control 2.0” debate shifted in late‑2025 from mandatory client‑side scanning toward a softer, council‑level text that removes an explicit duty to break...
Both the EU and the UK regularly list and sanction serving heads of state and former officials as part of targeted measures — the EU adopts restrictive measures via the Council under the Common Foreig...
The most politically contentious elements of the original “Chat Control” proposal — explicit requirements to break end-to-end encryption and mandatory client-side scanning — have largely been removed ...
U.S. federal law requires online providers who have “actual knowledge” of apparent CSAM to report it to NCMEC and gives NCMEC a conduit to law enforcement; Congress considered the STOP CSAM Act of 202...
Adoption is the internal political decision by the institutions that a text is final; signature is the formal joint signing that marks interinstitutional agreement; publication in the Official Journal...
Key elements of the EU “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation / CSAR) text remain in negotiation; Council members agreed a compromise text on 26 November 2025 that removed a binding, EU‑wide ob...
Several jurisdictions have moved to treat AI‑generated sexual images of children as criminal — with the United Kingdom leading with targeted new offences, the European Parliament voting to treat synth...
The Entry/Exit System (EES) is an EU-wide digital border-management database that replaces manual passport stamping by recording personal data and biometrics — typically a facial image and fingerprint...
The European Union now governs digital ID through a reinforced eIDAS framework (Regulation (EU) 2024/1183) that establishes a mandatory, interoperable European Digital Identity Wallet and associated i...
National data protection authorities (DPAs) investigate complaints under the GDPR using national procedures or a coordinated “one‑stop‑shop” where a lead authority handles cross‑border cases, and comp...
Several EU member states—most prominently Luxembourg, Malta, Ireland, the Netherlands and Cyprus—have been publicly accused of exhibiting “tax haven” traits by the European Parliament and commentators...
Available reporting and official EU pages show no mention of injunctions or emergency stays specifically blocking the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) biometric policies in 2024–2025; instead the record sho...