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 ...

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, ...

More than 20 speakers at the three hour event voiced opposition to a European Union legislative proposal that would require messaging services to scan the contents of users' communications for known ...

A legal opinion on a controversial European Union legislative plan set out last May, when the Commission proposed countering child sexual abuse online by applying obligations on platforms to scan for ...

In a win for the 'screeching voices of the minority', Apple appears to have abandoned its plans for client side CSAM scanning in encrypted backups, and is launching encrypted backups anyway. This ...

Key negotiators in the European Parliament have announced making a breakthrough in talks to set MEPs’ position on a controversial legislative proposal aimed at regulating how platforms should respond ...

European Union officials have delayed talks over proposed legislation that could lead to messaging services having to scan photos and links to detect possible child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Were ...

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 ...

In a recent reversal of policy, Apple has announced the company will not be searching data stored on iCloud for material related to child sexual abuse and other illegal acts. The news follows multiple ...

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, ...