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Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 25

Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 25

Measures against websites containing or disseminating child pornography

Article 25

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the prompt removal of web pages containing or disseminating child pornography hosted in their territory and to endeavour to obtain the removal of such pages hosted outside of their territory. 2.   Member States may take measures to block access to web pages containing or disseminating child pornography towards the Internet users within their territory. These measures must be set by transparent procedures and provide adequate safeguards, in particular to ensure that the restriction is limited to what is necessary and proportionate, and that users are informed of the reason for the restriction. Those safeguards shall also include the possibility of judicial redress.

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