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EU CSAR (Proposed)

Proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSAR)

Proposed permanent framework replacing interim derogation. Parliament position (Nov 2023) limits detection to known/new CSAM, excludes E2EE services. Council has not agreed General Approach.

Jurisdiction

European Union

EU

Enacted

Unknown

Effective

Unknown

Enforcement

Not specified

Inter-institutional negotiation; blocked on encryption/scanning

Who Must Comply

This law applies to:

  • • Online services and communications providers (scope TBD)

Who bears obligations:

Operator

Safety Provisions

  • • Risk assessment + mitigation duties for at-risk services
  • • Potential detection orders (contested)
  • • EU Centre for coordination/reporting
  • • Parliament: excludes E2EE, limits to known/new CSAM (not grooming)

Quick Facts

Binding
No
Mental Health Focus
No
Child Safety Focus
Yes
Algorithmic Scope
No

Why It Matters

If EU adopts detection-order model, becomes global reference—directly colliding with encrypted messaging and private AI chat.

Recent Developments

Germany formed blocking minority Oct 7, 2025. Denmark compromise (Oct 31, 2025) made client-side scanning voluntary. Council reached general approach Nov 26, 2025; trilogues ahead.

What You Need to Comply

If adopted with detection orders: scalable detection + reporting, auditability, strategy for encrypted contexts.

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Cite This

APA

European Union. (n.d.). Proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSAR). Retrieved from https://nope.net/regs/eu-csar

BibTeX

@misc{eu_csar,
  title = {Proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSAR)},
  author = {European Union},
  year = {n.d.},
  url = {https://nope.net/regs/eu-csar}
}

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