,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#g1 #bjbj,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself and  
,mrs4 ,loeffler7 submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,urging the ,european     
,parliament to exempt certain           
technologies used to detect child sexual
 exploitation from ,european ,union     
e,privacy directive4  ,whereas ensuring 
the safety of children online is a      
global issue that nations must address  
together2 ,whereas the online           
trafficking of child sexual abuse       
material 7referred to in this preamble  
as ,,csam7 and online enticement of     
children 7also known as grooming7 are   
pervasive problems that are growing at  
dramatic rates2 ,whereas crucial tools  
in detecting ,,csam and grooming online 
and protecting children using online    
platforms from child predators are      
hashing1 ,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming

 technologies that are voluntarily used 
by electronic service providers         
7referred to in this preamble as        
,e,s,ps7 to detect1 report1 and remove  
,,csam2 ,whereas the use of hashing1    
,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming         
technology by ,e,s,ps has generated     
millions of reports annually to the     
,cyber,tipline of the ,national ,center 
for ,missing  ,exploited ,children2     
,whereas the ,cyber,tipline is a global 
hotline for reports related to child    
sexual exploitation that was authorized 
by ,congress in #aiih2 ,whereas in      
#bjai1 more than #fi1jjj1jjj images1    
videos1 and files related to child      
sexual abuse were reported to the       
,cyber,tipline1 with more than          
#c1jjj1jjj of these images1 videos1 and 
files related to an offender or child   
victim in the ,european ,union 7referred
 to in this preamble as the ,,eu72      
,whereas in a ,communication to the     
,european ,parliament1 dated ,july #bd1 
#bjbj1 the ,european ,commission noted1 

the ,,eu has become the largest host of 
child sexual abuse material globally    
7from more than half in #bjaf to more   
than two thirds in #bjai72 ,whereas in  
#bjah1 an ,,eu ,directive extended the  
scope of prohibitions on processing     
personal data in the electronic         
communications sector to cover          
interpersonal communications1 such as   
messenger services and e-mail2 ,whereas 
this ,,eu ,directive will cause ,e,s,ps 
to lose any legal basis to use hashing1 
,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming         
technologies to detect and report ,,csam
 and online enticement of children to   
the ,cyber,tipline2 ,whereas this ,,eu  
,directive will take effect ,december   
#ba1 #bjbj1 which still allows time to  
amend this ,directive to exempt the     
voluntary practice of using these       
technologies to detect and report       
distribution of ,,csam and enticement of
 children for sexual abuse2 ,whereas the
 prohibition on the use of hashing1     
,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming         

technologies could have dire            
consequences for children in ,europe and
 globally2 ,whereas it is unclear       
whether ,e,s,ps-- 7#a7 will be able to  
partition the use of hashing1           
,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming         
technologies to carve out users in the  
,,eu2 and  7#b7 will decide to abandon  
the voluntary use of these technologies 
in the ,united ,states and globally2    
,whereas since children in the ,united  
,states can be harmed by online         
predators in the ,,eu through grooming1 
enticement1 and the dissemination of    
,,csam images among ,,eu offenders1 such
 material should be detected1 reported1 
and removed2 ,whereas if the use of     
hashing1 ,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming
 technologies for detecting ,,csam and  
grooming is stopped1 the exploitation of
 children globally will largely go      
undetected and continue to proliferate2 
and ,whereas ,congress agrees with the  
,european ,commission that immediate    
action must be taken to address this    

issue3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the 
,senate-- 7#a7 finds that hashing1      
,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming         
technologies are essential in detecting 
child sexual abuse material and         
exploitation online1 including known and
 new ,,csam1 and grooming of children   
globally2 and  7#b7 urges the ,european 
,parliament to pass an interim          
regulation to allow electronic service  
providers to continue their current     
voluntary activities of using hashing1  
,photo,d,n,a1 and anti-grooming         
technologies for the purpose of         
detecting child sexual exploitation4