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Child safety advocates disrupt Apple developers conference

They are demanding the tech giant to implement a system to identify and remove child sexual abuse content on iCloud.

The company ultimately scrapped the idea in late 2023, in response to concerns from digital rights groups that a scanning system would compromise the privacy and security of all iCloud users. Shortly after, the child advocacy group Heat Initiative began organizing a campaign to demand that the company continue to move forward with detecting and reporting such materials. Almadjian, who is part of the national End Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children Coalition, said Apple needs to continue finding ways to identify and flag down such content.

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