Here is the EPP's plea to get this passed earlier.

They even used a teddy bear image.

https://www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/epp-urges-support-for-last-...

"Protecting children is not optional," said Lena Düpont MEP, EPP Group spokeswoman on Legal and Home Affairs. "We call on the S&D Group to stop hiding behind excuses and finally take responsibility. We cannot afford a safe haven for child abusers online. Every delay leaves children exposed and offenders unchallenged."

Personally, I feel there must be other privacy-preserving ways to address child abusers than mass surveillance.

Also, for the record, here is the list of parties that lobbied for this for Mrs Düpont, alongside very few privacy-focused organisations. Not sure why Canada or Australia are lobbying for EU laws.

ANNEX: LIST OF ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

- Access Now

- Australian eSafety Commissioner

- Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK)

- Canadian Centre for Child Protection

- cdt - Center for Democracy & Technology

- eco - Association of the Internet Industry

- EDPS

- EDRI

- Facebook

- Fundamental Rights Agency

- Improving the digital environment for children (regrouping several child protection NGOs across the EU and beyond, including Missing Children Europe, Child Focus)

- INHOPE – the International Association of Internet Hotlines

- International Justice Mission Deutschland e.V./ We Protect

- Internet Watch Foundation

- Internet Society

- Match Group

- Microsoft

- Thorn (Ashton Kutcher)

- UNICEF

- UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2020-0258_...