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Apple can't avoid US case over spread of child sex abuse material, plaintiffs argue

( July 11, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Instead of implementing industry standard child sexual abuse material detection technology, Apple doubled down and announced an expanded end-to-end encryption system called Advanced Data Protection, making it nearly impossible to detect known CSAM, plaintiffs argued in an opposition to dismissing US claims against the company. “Apple’s lack of any CSAM detection tool means plaintiffs and members of the proposed class continue to be repeatedly re-victimized since their long-established known CSAM hash values, and the corresponding images and videos, remain undetected, unreported, and unremoved,” they said.See attached file. ...

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