Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit over child sexual abuse material on iCloud
A U.S. federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, ruling that the company is immune under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The plaintiffs, represented by pseudonyms Amy and Jessica, alleged that Apple failed to prevent the storage and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its iCloud platform, seeking up to $32.8 billion in damages. Judge Noël Wise in San Jose, California, stated that federal law does not require Apple to proactively use technology to identify CSAM, and that Congress, not the courts, must address the issue. The lawsuit referenced Apple's abandoned NeuralHash program and its shift to end-to-end encryption, which plaintiffs argued hindered detection. The dismissal is with prejudice, but plaintiffs are considering an appeal. Apple faces a similar lawsuit from West Virginia's attorney general.
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Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit over child sexual abuse material on iCloud
A U.S. federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, ruling that the company is immune under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The plaintiffs, represented by pseudonyms Amy and Jessica, alleged that Apple failed to prevent the storage and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its iCloud platform, seeking up to $32.8 billion in damages. Judge Noël Wise in San Jose, California, stated that federal law does not require Apple to proactively use technology to identify CSAM, and that Congress, not the courts, must address the issue. The lawsuit referenced Apple's abandoned NeuralHash program and its shift to end-to-end encryption, which plaintiffs argued hindered detection. The dismissal is with prejudice, but plaintiffs are considering an appeal. Apple faces a similar lawsuit from West Virginia's attorney general.
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