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Apple Urged To Drop CSAM Scanning Plans By Campaigners

More than 90 privacy groups urge Apple to abandon plans to scan children's messages, and the iPhone's of adults for CSAM images

Apple promises to reject any government demands to use, or alter, its controversial detection system of child abuse images

Slippery slope? Apple accused of creating encryption backdoor as it becomes first tech firm to scan for child abuses images on-device

Strategic move? Google, Facebook, Microsoft pledge to improve and standardise annual disclosures around online child exploitation

Depressing stats sees social network remove 11.6 million pieces of child abuse content in three month period

The United States, UK, and Australia sign open letter to Facebook saying encryption helps child abuse, as they demand an encryption 'backdoor'

Huge number of fake accounts disabled by Facebook over a six month enforcement period

Criminals increasingly utilising encrypted apps, rather than the dark web, to trade child abuse images

Sajid Javid pledges more cash, and demands tech giants tackle online child sexual abuse, or face legislation

Companies meeting in London to discuss ways to tackle online child sexual exploitation

Google reports a Gmail user to the police after discovering illegal images in his email

Investigation into online streaming of child abuse leads to 29 arrests

Evidence suggests hackers employed by the FBI managed to track some Tor users

More cooperation between child protection agencies should lead to a ‘cleaner’ Internet

A report claims there is a link between viewing indecent images of children and real-life abuse

Things have moved on since CEOP's Facebook campaign, but child protection in social media still needs careful thought, says Peter Judge