Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM
A court has dismissed a lawsuit against Apple regarding its decision not to scan iCloud storage for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The ruling affirms that Apple is protected by Section 230, as the plaintiffs' claims would require the company to act as a publisher of user content.
This case involves Apple’s handling of user-uploaded files hosted in private iCloud storage. Instead of adopting PhotoDNA to scan hosted files for CSAM, Apple created its own proprietary alternative, NeuralHash , which apparently wasn’t as good. So Apple U-turned on its efforts to scan for CSAM in its cloud storage. Instead, Apple implemented end-to-end encryption for iCloud files.
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