Apple will report images of child exploitation uploaded to iCloud in the U.S. to law enforcement, the company said on Thursday.
The move brings Apple in line with other cloud services which already scan user files, often using hashing systems, for content that violates their terms of service, including child exploitation images.
Law enforcement officials around the world have also pressured Apple to weaken its encryption for iMessage and other software services like iCloud to investigate child exploitation or terrorism. Thursday's announcement is a way for Apple to address some of those issues without giving up some of its engineering principles around user privacy.
If the person doing the manual review concludes the system did not make an error, then Apple will disable the user's iCloud account, and send a report to NCMEC or notify law enforcement if necessary. Users can file an appeal to Apple if they think their account was flagged by mistake, an Apple representative said.
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