{"id":22639,"date":"2026-04-10T07:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/irresponsible-failure-google-meta-snap-and-microsoft-slam-eu-over-child-sexual-abuse-law-lapse\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T07:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:37:19","slug":"irresponsible-failure-google-meta-snap-and-microsoft-slam-eu-over-child-sexual-abuse-law-lapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/irresponsible-failure-google-meta-snap-and-microsoft-slam-eu-over-child-sexual-abuse-law-lapse\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Irresponsible failure\u2019: Google, Meta, Snap and Microsoft slam EU over child sexual abuse law lapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts warn lapse could sharply reduce reports of abuse, echoing a 58% drop during a similar legal gap in 2021<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/eu\">European<\/a> parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/technology\">tech<\/a> firms to scan for child sexual exploitation on their platforms, creating a legal gap that child safety experts say will lead to crimes going undetected.<\/p>\n<p>The law, which was a carve-out of the EU Privacy Act, was put in place in 2021 as a temporary measure allowing companies to use automated detection technologies to scan messages for harms, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/11\/sextortion-nigeria-bm-boys-tiktok\">sextortion<\/a>. However, it expired on 3 April, and the EU parliament decided not to vote to extend it, amid privacy concerns from some lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/09\/google-meta-snap-microsoft-eu-child-sexual-abuse\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c26e9c02fac62382c5e6a75c15356be34df5a02b\/148_0_4389_3514\/master\/4389.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=540fe7afb69d981ddd12cca19430be6f\" title=\"\u2018Irresponsible failure\u2019: Google, Meta, Snap and Microsoft slam EU over child sexual abuse law lapse\" \/>Experts warn lapse could sharply reduce reports of abuse, echoing a 58% drop during a similar legal gap in 2021<br \/>\nSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<br \/>\nThe European parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big tech firms to scan for child sexual exploitation on their platforms, creating a legal gap that child safety experts say will lead to crimes going undetected.<br \/>\nThe law, which was a carve-out of the EU Privacy Act, was put in place in 2021 as a temporary measure allowing companies to use automated detection technologies to scan messages for harms, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming and sextortion. However, it expired on 3 April, and the EU parliament decided not to vote to extend it, amid privacy concerns from some lawmakers. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts warn lapse could sharply reduce reports of abuse, echoing a 58% drop during a similar legal gap in 2021 Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The European parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big tech firms to scan for child sexual &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/irresponsible-failure-google-meta-snap-and-microsoft-slam-eu-over-child-sexual-abuse-law-lapse\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Irresponsible failure\u2019: Google, Meta, Snap and Microsoft slam EU over child sexual abuse law lapse<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}