[Reuters]–The US Apple said on the 13th that the target of child abuse measures introduced by the company will be limited to photos of sexual abuse issued by clearing houses (information centers) in multiple countries. Announced.
On the 5th, the company collated with the existing photo database on child sexual abuse when US users upload photos of the smartphone “iPhone” to the data storage and sharing “iCloud”. And announced that it would introduce a system to identify problematic photos. There were concerns about oppressive government abuse and invasion of customer privacy.
It is said that it has signed a contract with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) as a clearing house that issues a warning in the photo. When asked why it was a single institution rather than multiple, the company’s executives explained in a briefing for reporters that NCMEC was the only one to reach the final contract conclusion stage. Also, until now, it was not clear how many problem photos per iPhone or PC would be considered for reporting to the authorities, but the briefing explained that it would start with 30 photos.
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