# Johansson proposes 'chat control' child-abuse regulation

Date: 2022

On 11 May 2022 [Ylva Johansson](/people/ylva-johansson) proposed an EU regulation requiring platforms to detect child sexual abuse material, which privacy groups criticised as enabling mass scanning of private messages.

## People

- Ylva Johansson: https://factrail.ai/people/ylva-johansson

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/12/planned-eu-rules-to-protect-children-online-are-attack-on-privacy-warn-critics

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/johansson-chat-control-proposal-2022-05-11