Strobl in favor of stricter reporting requirements against child pornography

Domestic policy - Strobl in favor of stricter reporting requirements against child pornography

Baden-Württemberg wants to take a tougher stance against internet providers in the fight against child pornography. As the German Press Agency learned in Stuttgart, Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) wants to demand at the upcoming conference of interior ministers in Berlin that providers who are particularly susceptible to abuse be obliged at EU level to report sexual abuse to the law enforcement authorities.

European law currently stipulates that providers can report abuse voluntarily. The EU Commission is currently revising the current regulations, which expire in August 2024. The current draft initially obliges all providers of messenger and hosting services in the EU to assess how high the risk of child pornography being distributed on their respective platforms is. Based on this risk assessment, it should be possible to oblige providers that are particularly susceptible to abuse to disclose child abuse in their services.

Strobl welcomes this proposal. "In the fight against child pornography, we can no longer afford the current voluntary approach," he emphasized. "We must protect the weakest members of our society, our children - that is our primary duty."

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1. At the upcoming Conference of Interior Ministers in Berlin, Thomas Strobl from the CDU advocates for stricter reporting requirements against child pornography, as reported by the German Press Agency in Stuttgart.
2. The German Press Agency also mentioned that Strobl wants EU-level obligations for internet providers, particularly those susceptible to abuse, to report sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities.
3. The current EU regulations allow providers to report abuse voluntarily, with the EU Commission revising these regulations that expire in August 2024.
4. The revised draft of the regulations proposes that all messenger and hosting services in the EU assess the risk of child pornography on their platforms, with providers susceptible to abuse being obligated to report child abuse.
5. Strobl supports this proposal, noting that the fight against child pornography cannot rely on the current voluntary approach and that protecting children is our primary duty in domestic policy.
6. With the increasing prevalence of child pornography on the internet, the number of cases reported in regions like Baden-Württemberg has become a significant concern in domestic policy debates.
7. Additionally, the incident involving the oblique gait of a man suspected of child abuse and the subsequent investigation in Stuttgart highlights the importance of stricter reporting requirements to combat criminality in domestic policy.

Source: www.stern.de