When is it coming online? I have seen so many of these headlines that I feel it's always about to kick in, but I never get any closure.
This was online already. It is existing law that is being extended rather then expired.
2 August 2021.
It already was in force, and EU states are presumably using it right now despite that being illegal. Only to protect the children, of course.
Had expired in April. This is a tentative of bringing it back up even though it expired after a number of previous extensions.