28 Amendments of Abir AL-SAHLANI related to 2022/0155(COD)
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation lays down uniform rules to address the misuse of relevant information society services for online child sexual abuse in the internal market. by persons suspected of being involved in child sexual abuse and persons disqualified from exercising activities involving children.
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) obligations on providers of online search engines and any other artificial intelligence systems to delist or disable specific items of child sexual abuse, or both;
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) “online search engine” means an intermediary service as defined in Article 3, point (j), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065;
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iv a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iv a (new)
(iva) an online search engine;
Amendment 581 #
(j) ‘child user’ means a natural person who uses a relevant information society service and who is a natural person below the age of 178 years;
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) “person suspected of being involved in child sexual abuse” means an identified individual person about whom verifiable adequate evidence exists, which gives rise to the suspicion that that person has committed a child sexual abuse offence, attempted to commit a child sexual abuse offence, or prepared by committing a criminal offence to commit a child sexual abuse offence;
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(qb) 'person disqualified from exercising activities involving children' means an identified individual person, who, in line with Article 10 of Directive 2011/93/EU, is temporarily or permanenently disqualified from exercising activities involving direct and regular contacts with children;
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communications services shall identify, analyse and assess, for each such service that they offer, the risk of use of the service for the purpose of online child sexual abuse., which requires a targeted and tailor-made response;
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) the existence and implementation by the provider of a policy and the availability of functionalities to prevent and address the risk referred to in paragraph 1, including through the following:
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2 a (new)
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communication services put forward age assurance or age verification systems as mitigating measures, they shall meet the following criteria: (a) Protect the privacy of users and do not disclose data gathered for the purposes of age assurance for any other purpose; (b) Do not collect data that is not necessary for the purposes of age assurance; (c) Be proportionate to the risks associated to the product or service that presents a risk of misuse for child sexual abuse; (d) Provide appropriate remedies and redress mechanisms for users whose age is wrongly identified.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communications services shall take reasonable mitigation measures, tailored to their specific service and the risk identified pursuant to Article 3, to minimise that risk. Such measures shall include some or all of the following:
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) Designing educational and awareness-raising campaigns aimed at informing and alerting users about the risks of online child sexual abuse, including child-appropriate information;
Amendment 804 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Providers of interpersonal communications services that have identified, pursuant to the risk assessment conducted or updated in accordance with Article 3, a risk of use of their services for the purpose of the solicitation of children, shall take the necessary and proportionate age verification and age assessment measures to reliably identify childdifferentiate between child users and adult users on their services, enabling them to take the mitigation measures and protect child users. Age assurance or age verification systems as mitigation measure shall be implemented only if they meet the criteria set in Article 3, paragraph 2a of this Regulation.
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Providers of software applications who have been informed that in relation to their software applications a significant risk of use of the service concerned for the purpose of the solicitation of children has been identified, shall take reasonable and proportionate mitigation measures.
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Coordinating Authority of establishment shall have the power to request the competent judicial authority of the Member State that designated it or another independent administrative authority of that Member State to issue a detection order requiring a provider of hosting services or a provider of interpersonal communications services under the jurisdiction of that Member State to take the measures specified in Article 10 to detect online child sexual abuse on a specific service in the online activities of persons suspected of being involved in child sexual abuse and persons disqualified from exercising activities involving children.
Amendment 1128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communication services that have received a detection order concerning the online activities of persons suspected of being involved in child sexual abuse and persons disqualified from exercising activities involving children shall execute it by installing and operating technologies to detect the dissemination of known or new child sexual abuse material or the solicitation of children, as applicable, using the corresponding indicators provided by the EU Centre in accordance with Article 46.
Amendment 1266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Coordinating Authority of establishment shall have the power to request the competent judicial authority of the Member State that designated it or another independent administrative authority of that Member State to issue a removal order requiring a provider of hosting services under the jurisdiction of the Member State that designated that Coordinating Authority to remove or disable access in all Member States of one or more specific items of material that, after a diligent assessment, the Coordinating Authority or the courts or other independent administrative authorities referred to in Article 36(1)courts identified as constituting child sexual abuse material.
Amendment 1332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
Article19a Respect to Privacy Nothing in this Regulation shall be interpreted as a requirement to 1. break cryptography; 2. scan content on users’ devices; 3. restrict anonymous access to online services and software applications.
Amendment 1340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. PAs referred to in Article 12 of the Digital Service Act Regulation, providers of relevant information society services shall establish a single point of contact allowing for direct communication, by electronic means, with the Coordinating Authorities, other competent authorities of the Member States, the Commission and the EU Centre, for the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 1580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) Referring victims to the appropriate national child protection services;
Amendment 1593 #
(6a) support Member States in designing preventive measures, such as awareness-raising campaigns to combat child sexual abuse, with a specific focus on girls and other prevalent demographics, including by: (a) Acting on behalf of victims in liaising with other relevant authorities of the Member States for reparations and all other victim support programmes; (b) Referring victims to the appropriate child protection services, and to pro bono legal support services; (c) Facilitating access to care qualified health support services, including mental health and psychological support;
Amendment 1698 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EU Centre shall make available technologies that providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communications services may acquire, install and operate, free of charge, where relevant subject to reasonable licensing conditions, to execute detection orders in accordance with Article 10(1) concerning the online activities of persons suspected of being involved in child sexual abuse and persons disqualified from exercising activities involving children.
Amendment 1701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
To that aim, the EU Centre shall compile lists of such technologies, having regard to the requirements of this Regulation and in particular those of Article 10(2) and Article 19a (new).
Amendment 1711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) information resulting from research or other activities conducted by Member States’ authorities, other Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, the competent authorities of third countries, international organisations, research centres, hotlines and civil society organisations.
Amendment 1761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EU Centre shall cooperate with other organisations and bodies carrying out similar functions in other jurisdictions, such as the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (‘NCMEC’) and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, among others, which serve the same purpose of this Regulation, as well as in order to avoid potential duplication of reporting obligations for providers.