Amending Interim Regulation on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse

In principle, the Federation of Children’s Protection Association welcomes the fact that the European Commission gives more time to the negotiations on the contested draft EU Regulation (CSA-R) by temporarily extending the exemption directive (2002/58/EC) in order to reach an appropriate compromise that allows for the best possible protection of children in the digital space, without disregarding fundamental human…

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ECPAT Austria, the Association for the Protection of the Rights of Children against Sexual Exploitation, welcomes the Commission’s proposal to extend the temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC on combating child sexual abuse online to ensure that the protection of children online is not interrupted.

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"Hope for Children" CRC Policy Center (HFC) is an international, humanitarian and independent Organisation based in Cyprus, whose mission is to provide support, protection, and create opportunities for children facing poverty, abuse, neglect, and other challenging circumstances.

ECPAT International is the worlds largest network dedicated to ending the sexual exploitation of children, with a membership of 125 civil society organisations in 104 countries. A cross-cutting theme of its work is the evolving relationship between digital technology and child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Terre des Hommes Netherlands (as part of Terre des Hommes International Federation) strongly welcomes and supports the Commission's proposal to extend the Temporary Derogation from specific provisions outlined in Directive 2002/58/EC, aimed at combating online child sexual abuse.

The Smile of the Child welcomes the Commissions proposal to extend the temporary derogation from specific provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC aimed at combating online child sexual abuse. Given delays in the negotiations for the proposed Regulation on rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, it is crucial to extend this derogation beyond its current expiry date, ensuring no lapse in the protection of children…

COFACE welcomes the Commission's proposal to extend the temporary derogation from specific provisions of the ePrivacy Directive for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse. Given delays in the negotiations for the proposed Regulation on rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, it is crucial to extend this derogation with at least two years, with the possibility to extend further if needed.

UNICEF supports the proposal to amend Regulation 2021/1232/EU (the Interim regulation) to provide a limited time extension while the inter-institutional negotiations of the longer-term regulation are ongoing. This is crucial to ensure no gap in the protection of children, especially as we see recent evolutions in the digital environment creating even more ways to harm children.

The German Digital Opportunities Foundation welcomes the European Commissions initiative to extend the existing temporary derogation from specific provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC to open up the possibility for combating child sexual abuse after August 3, 2024 for further two years.

The GFF defends fundamental and human rights through legal means. In addition to strategic court proceedings, we work with legal interventions such as studies, opinions and draft laws. In the context of Regulation 2021/1232 (‘the We are currently supporting judicial proceedings against the practice of scanning private messages at Facebook Messenger.

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ECPAT Sweden welcomes the Commission's proposal to extend the temporary derogation from specific provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC aimed at combating online child sexual abuse. We want to stress the importance of extending this derogation beyond its current expiry date, ensuring no lapse in the protection of children online.

EDRi is Europe's biggest network of digital human rights groups, representing over fifty national and international civil society organisations. Please find our full consultation response in the attached document.

ChildX welcomes the Commission’s proposal to extend the temporary regulation derogating from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC to combat online child sexual abuse. Given the delays in the negotiations on the proposed Regulation on rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, it is important to extend this Regulation beyond its current end date, in order to ensure that the protection of children online…

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WeProtect Global Alliance (the Alliance) strongly supports the European Commissions initiative to extend the temporary exemption from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to maintain effective measures to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse online.

ECPAT Deutschland e.V. is a specialised policy body for comprehensive protection of children and young people from sexualised violence and sexual exploitation in the digital space. We then comment on the European Commission’s intention to amend a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC in order to combat sexualised violence against children and adolescents in the digital sphere.

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Save the Children Europe, on behalf of several Save the Children members, welcomes the European Commission's proposal to amend the Regulation (EU) 2021/1232. The extension of this Temporary Regulation is a crucial step in safeguarding children against online sexual abuse until a long-term legislative framework is established.

Thorn welcomes the Commission's proposal to extend the temporary derogation from specific provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC aimed at combating online child sexual abuse. It is crucial to extend this derogation beyond its current expiry date, ensuring no lapse in the protection of children online.

As Europes leading child rights umbrella network with 200 member organisations in 41 countries, including 23 national child rights coalitions, Eurochild brings the experiences and knowledge of childrens rights organisations and children and young people themselves to the proposed extension of the temporary derogation.

ECPAT Norway is part of ECLAG*. We welcome the Commission's proposal to extend the temporary derogation from specific provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC aimed at combating online child sexual abuse. Given delays in the negotiations for the proposed Regulation on rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, it is crucial to extend this derogation beyond its current expiry date, ensuring no lapse in the protection…

Excellent news. I really expect Europe to vote a resolution so that our children are well protected and that Tech providers will be empowered to monitor personal communications in order to detect pedocrimes and pedocriminals. We need to better protect our children while they are online !!