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Commission proposes detection obligations for child-sexual-abuse material

On 11 May 2022 the Commission proposed a regulation on detecting CSAM, including scanning options that privacy bodies criticised. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Personal-Data Protection.

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On 11 May 2022 the Commission proposed a regulation on detecting CSAM, including scanning options that privacy bodies criticised. It is a proposal, not an applied scanning statute. Breton owned the daily file.

Who was responsible

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  • Thierry Breton

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.65 · verified

    His services drafted. Council and Parliament split. It has not become applied Union-wide scanning.

What changed

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    1. FactCommission proposes detection obligations for child-sexual-abuse material
    2. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 11 May 2022 · verified

    A scanning mandate on private messages reduces practical communications protection, even as a proposal with a child-protection aim.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.EDPS on the CSAM proposalEDPS · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.COM(2022) 209 — CSAM proposalEUR-Lex · High credibility · verified

Causal path

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  1. ActorThierry Breton
  2. contributed toFactCommission proposes detection obligations for child-sexual-abuse material
  3. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

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Factrail. (2026). Commission proposes detection obligations for child-sexual-abuse material. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-csam-proposal-breton

https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-csam-proposal-breton

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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