Apple removes mention of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection



The ability to scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) stored in the device, announced by Apple in August 2021, has caused a great deal of opposition from the viewpoint of security and privacy, and the implementation has been postponed. increase. Newly, the ' Child Safety ' page on Apple's site reveals that the previously existing reference to CSAM has been removed.

Apple Removes All References to Controversial CSAM Scanning Feature From Its Child Safety Webpage [Updated] --MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/15/apple-nixes-csam-references-website/



Apple scrubs controversial CSAM detection feature from webpage but says plans haven't changed --The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/15/22837631/apple-csam-detection-child-safety-feature-webpage-removal-delay

This is what the news site MacRumors pointed out. On that page, Apple's goal is to 'create technology that empowers people and enriches their lives, helping people stay safe,' and children send naked photos in a messaging app. It explains that there is a function to issue a warning when receiving or receiving.

Child Safety-Apple
https://www.apple.com/child-safety/



Until December 10, 2021, in addition to the goals set out earlier, 'We use communication tools to reach out to children, protect them from predators, and protect them from predators. We would like to help curb the spread of sexual abuse material (CSAM). ' This wording has disappeared with

the release of iOS 15.2 and others on December 13th.

The following is the Internet Archive that saved the pages as of December 10.

Child Safety-Apple
https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163051/https://www.apple.com/child-safety/



MacRumors speculates that Apple has abandoned its plans for scanning CSAM with the removal of the mention.

However, when the news site The Verge contacted Apple, public relations Shane Bauer said that 'Apple's position has not changed since September 2021 when it announced the postponement of the function', and the function was added. I don't seem to have given up.

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