The European People’s Party (EPP) focused on current developments in the fight against Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online in a <a href=”http://www.eppgroup.eu/event/Hearing-on-combating-the-sexual-abuse-of-children-on-the-Internet”>hearing on 29 June</a>. Representatives from Interpol, Europol and the European Commission reported on current developments and new challenges.
eco was represented by Oliver Süme, Director Policy & Law. In his talk, he gave insights into the cooperation between Internet and Social media companies and law enforcement and the hotlines. He gave the example of the work done by the eco Complaints Office, which has successfully been combatting CSAM online and other illegal content in the Internet for over 15 years. “At the meeting, it was clear that the hotlines and law enforcement are very willing to cooperate,” Süme remarked after the hearing.
This is the second time already this year that eco has spoken about this topic in the European Parliament. At an <a href=”https://international.eco.de/2015/events/eco-political-breakfast-in-brussels.html”>eco Political Breakfast</a> in Brussels in January, eco reported on the work and success of the Complaints Office in the field of CSAM and on the status of the evaluation of Article 25 of the EU directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.
