Apple immune from US claims over child pornography, US judge says
( July 14, 2026, 16:04 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Apple can't be held liable for any US claims based on the spread of child pornography images and videos through its products because the claims all treat Apple as a publisher, a federal judge said in an order dismissing a third amended complaint. “This does not mean that the existence of images and videos of the putative class members being sexually abused — content that they allege is regularly stored and disseminated on iCloud — has not caused plaintiffs real and lasting harm. The current state of the law mandates that if Apple’s role in this harm ‘springs from [its] status as publisher,’ plaintiffs cannot hold the company accountable for those injuries,” District Judge Noël Wise said. See attached file. ...
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