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Apple delays controversial plan to check iPhones for child exploitation images

September 3, 2021

Via: Mashable

The pushback against Apple’s plan to scan iPhone photos for child exploitation images was swift and apparently effective.

Apple said Friday that it is delaying the previously announced system that would scan iPhone users’ photos for digital fingerprints that indicated the presence of known Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The change is in response to criticism from privacy advocates and public outcry against the idea.

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