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Commission seeks closer ties with Latin America to tackle drug traffic

Cooperation with drug exporting countries would enable Europol to access more data on illegal activities .

30/05/2024

Tech News

Diplomats mull online child abuse control with no deal in sight

Dialogue is still open, but new attempts by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU to find compromise have struggled with divisions over privacy among member states.

21/05/2024

Tech News

Charity warns 2023 was the worst year for child sexual abuse content

Links sharing explicit content of underage children have been spreading in the last year. Here’s what we know about the worst year in history for child sexual abuse imagery.

23/04/2024

Europe News

Children use ‘instinct’ to protect themselves from online harm - study

Children often rely on their own instincts when faced with threats to their safety online, such as explicit content or online grooming, a new study reveals.

09/04/2024

Tech News

AI is used to create child sexual abuse content, UK charity warns

There have been a rising number of reports about AI-generated child sex abuse material, according to a UK charity.

19/02/2024

Tech News

Block on online child sexual abuse material extended until April 2026

More permanent solutions to tackling online crimes have run headlong into privacy concerns.

15/02/2024

Hungary

Hungary's president resigns over child sexual abuse scandal

Outrage was sparked by revelations Hungary's president had pardoned a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case.

10/02/2024

World News

Protesters want Hungarian president to resign over sex abuse case

Protestors called for Hungary's conservative president to resign on Friday after it came to light she had pardoned a person convicted of covering up a child sexual abuse case.

09/02/2024

Europe News

New EU rules will criminalise 'paedophilia handbooks' and deepfakes

The European Commission has proposed updated rules that expand the definition of child sexual abuse and lengthen the statute of limitations.

06/02/2024

France

New report shows thousands of French minors victims of sexual assault

The newly-launched Domestic Abuse Task Force estimates that there are some 160,000 children victims of sexual violence in France every year - and many cases go unreported.

01/12/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? EU states juggle their interests with climate goals

In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss rumours to keep the financial sector out of corporate sustainability regulations and examine the EU’s proposals to combat child abuse online.

18/11/2023

France

France's incest commission recommends drastic action in major report

The country's largest anti-child abuse investigation in decades is asking for a chance to continue its work to combat intra-family abuse in particular.

17/11/2023

Spain

More than 200,000 children may have been abused in Spanish churches

After years of outcry at sexual abuse by church staff and lay people, the Spanish government has finally taken action to expose the reality of the problem.

27/10/2023

Tech News

X (formerly Twitter) fined for failing to tackle child abuse content

Australia’s online safety watchdog said X provided no answers to some questions including how many staff remained on the trust and safety team that worked on preventing harmful and illegal content.

16/10/2023

France

France begins major anti-incest campaign

With data showing a shockingly high rate of familial child sexual abuse, the French government has come under intense pressure to toughen legal sanctions against incest perpetrators.

12/09/2023

Portugal

Pope faces Portugal reckoning next week over church child sex abuse

The pontiff is expected to meet victims of historic abuse as he visits Lisbon for an international Catholic youth rally.

28/07/2023

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Why Sinéad O’Connor’s protest on SNL still matters

As we remember a talented singer, it’s also fitting that we celebrate an outspoken artist who risked it all to remain steadfast in her beliefs.

27/07/2023

Tech News

Mastodon has child sexual abuse content problem, researchers say

In just two days, researchers at Stanford University found hundreds of posts on Mastodon with child sexual abuse content.

25/07/2023

World News

Euroviews. Commissioner Johannson countered privacy concerns with more straw men

The Commissioner's failure to answer the issues we raise shows she knows the European Commission’s regulation on Child Sexual Abuse Material cannot succeed. Instead, the post responds to statements we never made, Carmela Troncoso and Bart Preneel write.

17/07/2023

World News

Euroviews. Detecting child sexual abuse material shouldn't be done at any cost

The proposed EU regulation would set a global precedent for filtering the Internet, controlling who can access it, and taking away some of the few tools available for people to protect their right to private life in the digital space, Carmela Troncoso and Bart Preneel write.

04/07/2023