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FRANKFURT (Reuters). – In the coming months, legislation will be introduced by the European Union to make it more difficult for technology companies to abuse children.

Ylva Johannsson, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, stated to Germany’s Welt am Sonntag: In 2020 internet service providers and firms reported 22,000,000 offences related child sexual abuse, an increase from the 17 million in 2019.

She said it was just a small fraction of the true number.

Johansson stated that he would propose legislation to require companies “to detect, report and eliminate child sexual abuse in the future.”

“A voluntary reporting will not suffice.”

Current EU regulations allow social media and messaging services like Facebook and Google to choose whether or not they will follow-up on offenses.

Johansson stated that the fight against abuse of minors must be more coordinated. A specialist European center was necessary to enhance prevention, law enforcement, and victim support.

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