EU member states agree on child protection law without mandating Big Tech detect and remove abuse material; enforcement left to individual nations after 2022 proposal weakened from Parliament's stricter 2023 version.

EU states back away from forcing Big Tech to detect and remove child pornography

A web camera is seen in front of the displayed words "Child Pornography" in this illustration taken October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabSummaryCompaniesEU says big tech must tackle online child abuseAgreed position leaves penalties up to individual statesEU Parliament had said big tech must be required to actLegislation introduced in 2022, still to be passedBRUSSELS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - European Union member states have agreed a common positio...