A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens' private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) could lead to millions of false ...

The latest planned extension to the voluntary scanning framework targeting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) would apply until April 2028, if agreed ...

In May 2022, the European Commission, the EU's policy enforcement body, said in May 2022, 'Service providers will send a user's message to CSAM (Child Sexuality) in response to a request from a public ...

Back in 2021, Apple announced a number of new child safety features, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) detection for iCloud Photos. However, the move was widely criticized due to privacy ...

In August 2021, Apple announced plans to implement a feature that scans photos and messages on iPhone to delete child abuse sexual content (CSAM), but scanning information on iPhone compromises user ...

Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on US customers' devices. Before an image is stored onto iCloud Photos, the technology will search for matches of ...

The EU proposal to scan all your private communications to halt the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is back on regulators' agenda – again. What's been deemed by critics as Chat Control ...

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 ...

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 ...

The EU seems to be reversing course on previously proposed legislation that would force tech companies to scan and remove ...

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 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 ...