SCENE SETTER
In the fringes of the WeProtect Global summit you will have bilateral meetings with key
stakeholders in the fight against child sexual abuse (CSA):
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Meta, Vice President and Global Head of Safety, Ms. Antigone Davis;
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Key messages:
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Highlight the importance of protecting children on the internet.
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Convey an overview of the European Commission’s efforts to fight CSA, namely the
new proposal adopted on 11 May 2022 and the creation of a new EU Centre to
prevent and combat child sexual abuse;
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Acknowledge the good work the stakeholders do and call for their continued
commitment and increased efforts to fight these crimes.
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MAIN MESSAGES
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Main messages that the other party will convey
You will meet
Antigone Davis, Global Head of Safety, Meta. Meta is likely interested to
hear more about the proposed EU centre and the imposed obligations to service
providers to detect, remove and report child sexual abuse material. In particular, about
targeted obligations and the technology to be used.
Main messages that we want to convey to the other party
Main objective
While welcoming strong engagement in the past, encourage Meta to re-think its
approach and to invest further in child protection on their services.
Specific points to raise
Thank for the active exchange.
Providing Meta with an update on the legislative instrument to prevent and combat child
sexual abuse.
Invite Meta to cooperate and use the necessary technology to effectively prevent and
combat child sexual abuse.
Highlight that it is crucial to detect and, if needed, remove online child sexual abuse on
their services, be they
encrypted or not.
Reiterate Commission’s commitment to
continue to work with industry on solutions
to technological challenges, and to support the EU Internet Forum expert process on
encryption, by funding further research in this area.
Encourage support for the legislative proposal.
Key messages
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We need to guarantee security for all, both in the physical and digital environment, as we
consider that the lines between them are increasingly blurred. The
fight against child
sexual abuse is a topic of key importance.
I would like to thank Facebook for its strong engagement over the years.
On 11 May, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation on preventing and
combating child sexual abuse. This proposal is an opportunity to make a significant, long-
lasting positive change in the fight against Child Sexual Abuse in the EU (and globally,
given the cross-border nature of the crime).
The rules are
risk based – relevant providers will have to assess the risk of their
services’ misuse for disseminating child sexual abuse material or for grooming children
into child sexual abuse. Providers will also have to propose risk mitigation measures.
Targeted obligations are based on a detection order to be issued by a judicial or
independent administrative authority on the request of the coordinating authority
designated by Member States.
The proposal focuses on
prevention first and foremost: only where prevention
measures fail to lower the risk and a significant risk remains, there is a possibility to adopt
targeted and time-bound detection orders.
The proposal is
technology neutral, in that it requires relevant providers to detect and, if
needed, remove online child sexual abuse on their services, be they
encrypted or not.
However, this must be done without creating vulnerabilities on such services that might
be exploited for purposes other than online child sexual abuse.
From our side, first, we will
continue to work with industry on solutions to
technological challenges, such as end-to-end encryption, and to support the EU
Internet Forum expert process on encryption, by funding further research in this area. We
want to foster the development of tools that can operate at scale.
We will also continue to work with you and other industry partners to make sure that
together we have the tools and underpinning legislation to
create a safer internet for
children.
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