Neowin News Feed for: Csam

Telegram faces UK ban threat as Ofcom launches massive safety investigation

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:14:01 +0000

Ofcom is playing hardball. From multimillion-pound penalties to total platform blocks, see why Telegram is in the crosshairs and what this means for the future of the app in the UK. Read more...

Twitch and Kick streamer banned thanks to a highly requested Windows 11 exclusive feature

Sayan Sen — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:18:01 +0000

One of the most highly requested Windows 11 exclusive features has helped expose a popular Twitch streamer who accidentally streamed explicit content. Read more...

The five biggest threats hidden in the EU's revised digital surveillance plan

Paul Hill — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:06:02 +0000

The worst detail from the EU's Chat Control proposals is gone, but there are still several threats. Here are the top five. Read more...

EFF sounds the alarm on Chat Control, a regulation allowing scanning of private messages

Usama Jawad — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:16:01 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has criticized Europe's Chat Control regulation, which potentially allows governments to spy on phones. Read more...

AI fantasy chatbots leak explicit user data, including child sexual abuse messages

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:20:01 +0000

A cybersecurity firm has found some AI chats being leaked to the open web. Disturbingly, it found that users were engaging in child sexual abuse with the AI. Read more...

UK planning measures to stop illegal content from going viral

Usama Jawad — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:16:01 +0000

The UK's digital regulator is proposing new ways to moderate and restrict illegal content like CSAM from going viral online. Read more...

Telegram faces fine for holding up Australia's child safety questions

Aditya Tiwari — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:38:01 +0000

Telegram faces a big fine in Australia after it delayed important questions from the country's online safety regulator. Read more...

UK readying new laws against AI-generated child sexual abuse material

Aditya Tiwari — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:18:01 +0000

The UK government is working on a crackdown on AI tools being used to create CSAM and curb the rise of life-like child abuse material. Read more...

Apple sued for allegedly harboring child sexual abuse material on iCloud

Ramat Adetunji — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 23:36:01 +0000

A new lawsuit accuses Apple of enabling the storage of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on iCloud, claiming the company abandoned critical detection tools. Read more...

The EU revives plan to scan your private chats for child sexual abuse material

Ramat Adetunji — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 08:44:01 +0000

The EU's "Chat Control" proposal to scan encrypted messages for CSAM is back, with new revisions and growing support. Read more...

X to open Trust and Safety headquarters in Austin, Texas, focusing on content moderation

Steve Bennett — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 10:08:01 +0000

X has said that it will begin a hiring round of 100 full-time employees to build a new trust and safety office in Austin, Texas, replacing the team that was removed when Elon Musk took over. Read more...

TikTok is being investigated in the U.S. for not moderating child sex abuse material

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 05:52:01 +0000

TikTok is reportedly being investigated by the U.S. government for not moderating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the social media platform and being a hunting ground for predators. Read more...

Apple delays plans for iCloud scanning of CSAM

Usama Jawad — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 04:32:01 +0000

Apple has decided to postpone plans for the rollout of a child safety feature that scanned hashes of iCloud Photos uploads in order to determine if users are storing child sex abuse material (CSAM). Read more...

Reddit user reverse-engineers what they believe is Apple's solution to flag child sex abuse

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 06:10:01 +0000

Reddit user u/AsuharietYgvar is confident that they have uncovered Apple's NeuralHash algorithm, which will combat child sexual abuse, deep in iOS' source code. A GitHub repo contains their findings. Read more...

Apple says its new child safety feature will look for images flagged in multiple countries

Fiza Ali — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 21:16:01 +0000

Apple has addressed privacy concerns regarding its sex abuse scanning by clarifying that the new feature would only flag accounts with at least 30 iCloud photos matching Child Sexual Abuse Material. Read more...

Apple reveals more details about its child safety photo scanning technologies

Usama Jawad — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:12:02 +0000

Apple has provided more details about its child safety photo scanning technologies that have been drawing some fire from critics. It has also described the end-to-end flow of its review process. Read more...

Open letter demanding Apple stop deployment of photo scanning tech gets 5,000 signatures

Usama Jawad — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:38:01 +0000

An open letter demanding that Apple halt the rollout of its photo scanning tech and issue a statement to reaffirm its commitment to privacy now has signatures from over 5,000 individuals and firms. Read more...

Apple VP on iCloud Photos scanning: We know people have misunderstandings and are worried

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 06:38:01 +0000

In an internal memo, Apple's Software VP has acknowledged that people are worried about the company scanning iCloud Photos for child sex abuse material, but says that this is due to misunderstandings. Read more...

Apple to scan iPhone, iPad, and Mac to detect child sex abuse

Chandrakant Isi — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:58:01 +0000

Apple has introduced new safety features for iPhone, iPad, and Mac to safeguard children from predators. It is working alongside the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Read more...

Google has developed AI to help combat child sexual abuse material, gives it free to NGOs

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:08:01 +0000

Google has announced a new AI tool that is now part of its Content Safety API. The new tool is intended to help organisations find and remove child sexual abuse materials on their platforms. Read more...