This afternoon the EU Parliament will hold a press conference outlining their formal position on the EU Commission's controversial CSAM (ChatControl) proposal.

In the press conference it will be announced that the EU Parliament have agreed NOT to move forward with the proposal as it has been presented by the EU Commission but have instead adopted an approach which will remove many of the concerns.

There will be no mass surveillance of digital communications. The EU Parliament instead propose that surveillance will be limited to targeted surveillance of individuals and groups reasonably suspected of dissemination of CSAM and will only be permitted with a judicial warrant. There will be no interference with e2ee and services providing e2ee will be exempt from the provisions. Providers of communications services will be required to develop their services in more secure ways to help reduce the risk of CSAM being distributed on their platforms.