Apple originally planned to carry out on-device scanning for CSAM, using a digital fingerprinting technique. These fingerprints are a way to match particular images without anyone having to view them, ...

A child protection organization says it has found more cases of abuse images on Apple platforms in the UK than Apple has reported globally. In 2022, Apple abandoned its plans for Child Sexual Abuse ...

Over thousands of CSAM (child sexual abuse materials) victims are now taking the fight against Apple after the company ultimately decided to skip adding tools that will help detect it on their ...

Over a year ago, Apple announced plans to scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) with the iOS 15.2 release. The technology is inevitable despite imperfections and silence about it. And then, the ...

It has now been over a year since Apple announced plans for three new child safety features, including a system to detect known Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) images stored in iCloud Photos, an ...

Apple CSAM scanning plans may have been abandoned, but that hasn’t ended the controversy. An Australian regulator has accused the Cupertino company of turning a blind eye to the sexual exploitation of ...

In December, Apple said that it was killing an effort to design a privacy-preserving iCloud photo scanning tool for detecting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the platform. Originally announced ...

Last year, Apple announced that iCloud Photos would be able to detect inappropriate material in users' photos based on a database of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) image hashes. While Apple wouldn ...

Two years ago, Apple first announced a photo-scanning technology aimed at detecting CSAM—child sexual abuse material—and then, after receiving widespread criticism, put those plans on hold. Read ...

In August 2021 Apple announced a plan to scan photos users stored in iCloud for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It was to designed detect child sexual abuse images on iPhones and iPads. However, ...

The West Virginia attorney general’s office sued Apple on Thursday, claiming the tech giant allowed child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) to be stored and distributed on its iCloud service.The lawsuit ...