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Facebook closes down several methods for reporting child violence after EU rules

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:10 am

Facebook has temporarily suspended several detection tool that detects child abuse due to the European Union rules. The EU recently put some in place that has caused Facebook to make this necessarily decision.

In a blog entry, Facebook stated: “The European Commission and kid security specialists have said that the mandate doesn’t give a lawful premise to these instruments…

“The security of our locale is central, and we are pushing for changes that will permit us to continue our endeavors to distinguish this kind of material.”

The Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety’s John Carr stated: “This train crash has been drawing closer since the mid year.

Albert Echetah

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