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Five country statement on the temporary derogation to the ePrivacy Directive to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse

The UK, alongside members of the Five Countries, welcomes the progress made so far on the temporary derogation and urges a swift adoption of the legislation to ensure essential work carried out by service providers to shield endangered children in Europe and around the world can continue.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 12 January 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Five country statement on the temporary derogation to the ePrivacy Directive to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse

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With our partners in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, we support the approach the Commission has taken to ensure that the work protecting children online can continue as it did prior to 21 December 2020.

This statement emphasises the importance of service providers being able to legally scan for child sexual abuse material and firmly lends our support to the European Commission in resolving this issue.

Published 12 January 2021