"The office of the Attorney General for West Virginia announced Thursday that it has filed a against Apple alleging that the company had "knowingly" allowed its iCloud platform "to be used as a vehicle for distributing and storing child sexual abuse material." The state alleges this went on for years but drew no action from the tech giant "under the guise of user privacy.""
"In the lawsuit, the state repeatedly cites from Apple executive Eric Friedman, in which he calls iCloud "the greatest platform for distributing child porn" in a conversation with another Apple executive. These messages were first uncovered by in 2021 within discovery documents for the Epic Games v. Apple trial. In the conversation, Friedman says while some other platforms prioritize safety over privacy, Apple's priorities "are the inverse.""
West Virginia alleges that Apple knowingly allowed iCloud to be used to distribute and store child sexual abuse material and did not act for years citing user privacy. The state cites internal Apple messages in which executive Eric Friedman calls iCloud "the greatest platform for distributing child porn" and says Apple's priorities "are the inverse" of platforms that prioritize safety. The complaint asserts detection technology to identify and report CSAM exists but Apple chose not to implement it after abandoning 2021 plans to scan iCloud Photos following privacy pushback. The state seeks injunctive relief to compel Apple to implement protections.
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