# Commission proposes detection obligations for child-sexual-abuse material

Date: 2022

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](/people/thierry-breton) owned the daily file.

## People

- Thierry Breton: https://factrail.ai/people/thierry-breton

## Drivers

- Personal-Data Protection: https://factrail.ai/drivers/personal-data-protection

## Sources

- https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2022/edps-csam_en
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52022PC0209

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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