Swedish politicians from all sides of the political spectrum have reacted strongly to a controversial but government-backed EU proposal to improve the detection and removal of child sexual abuse material in text communications.
The proposal, which has come to be known in Sweden as the “chat control law”, received the support of the majority of Swedish parties – with the exception of the Centre Party (Renew Europe) and the Sweden Democrats (SD, ECR) – after being partially amended in the Swedish Parliament’s Justice Committee, and will now be sent to the EU Affairs Committee.
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