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West Virginia AG accuses Apple of being part of child sexual abuse material distribution

( February 19, 2026, 18:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced a lawsuit against Apple, alleging the company knowingly allowed its iCloud platform to be used as a vehicle for distributing and storing child sexual abuse material, and for years chose to do nothing about it. The complaint argues that because Apple maintains end-to-end control over its hardware, software, and cloud infrastructure, it cannot claim to be an unknowing, passive conduit of CSAM. Apple designed, built, and profited from the very system it allowed to be weaponized against children.Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...

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