The regulation enters into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the EU and applies directly to all member states.
The updated regulations broaden the scope of offenses and introduce stricter penalties along with specific measures for preventing and aiding victims
Apart from the allegations of sexual abuse, the suspect has also been accused of violating the law against “child pornography”.
The two juvenile suspects, a girl and boy, ostensibly used an AI program to alter photos of two fellow pupils to show them in sexually explicit pictures, before disseminating the latter to others