Apple Announces Controversial New Child Abuse Detection Tools

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🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Last week, Apple announced it will scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse. It’s a serious problem. Back in 2018, 45 million photos and videos with child sex abuse material were reported by tech firms. Apple’s move was praised by child protection groups. But privacy experts say that this is an alarming departure from the company’s commitment to security, and will open the door to governments to surveil their citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Apple has tried to build a reputation as the big tech
1:02.2	company that cares about your privacy. They once famously created a billboard that read,
1:06.8	What Happens on your phone, stays on your phone. But last week, the company broke with its previous policies
1:12.0	and announced that they'd begin checking photos uploaded to the company's servers
1:15.7	against the known registry of child pornography.
1:18.9	While this might appear to be an uncontroversial good,
1:21.4	not everyone is sure that it's the right solution
1:23.6	for balancing the protection of children with the privacy of everyone.
1:27.6	We'll dig in with a panel of experts after the news.
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