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 ...

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 proposed law was first announced back in May of last year. It would apply to a wide range of services, but the most controversial element is the proposed requirement for tech giants to scan the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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