2. Reasons of introduction – Regulations on the European Union level
In 2011, the European Union took an important step with the adoption of the Child Sexual Abuse Directive.…
• It facilitates the sharing of child sexual abuse material, by offering a variety…
• It provides technical means and security measures that can facilitate anonymit…
• As a consequence of the strong demand for child sexual abuse material, children…
• New child sexual abuse materials have become a currency. To obtain and maintain…
The problem continues to persist, and in fact, according to the European Commissions’…
For these reasons, one of the most important goals is to block access to these materials or to remove them from the online platforms;…
1.The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the prompt removal…
2.Member States may take measures to block access to web pages containing or disseminating child pornography towards the Internet users within their territory. These measures must be set by transparent procedures and provide adequate safeguards, in particular, to ensure that the restriction is limited to what is necessary and proportionate, and that users are informed of the reason for the restriction. Those safeguards shall also include the possibility of judicial redress.…
It, therefore:…
• Obliges the Member States to remove promptly material on websites hosted within…
• Obliges them to endeavour to secure the removal of material on websites hosted…
• Offers the possibility to block access to child pornography by users within their…