In an apparent first, agents from the FBI forced a 28 year-old suspected of receiving and possessing child pornography to unlock his iPhone by means of its Face ID biometric device unlocking system.
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Apple pulled the popular messaging app Telegram from its App Store last week, due to "inappropriate content". The company has since clarified that it was due to it showing child pornography.
When a BBC investigation showed that Facebook is failing to remove child pornography and other material from its site, Facebook asked for proof. Upon receiving it, it reported the BBC to the police.
In what seems to be an effort towards suppressing child pornography, the Philippine government has now banned access to legitimate adult websites like Pornhub and xvideos.
Two Microsoft workers have taken the company to court after it made them watch disturbing videos of murder, bestiality, and child pornography, claiming they suffered post-traumatic stress disorder.
A Brazilian judge has ordered a nationwide temporary ban of WhatsApp following the company's refusal to help in an investigation related to child pornography. Despite the ban, it is working normally.
A Microsoft tip-off led to a man being arrested after it discovered child abuse imagery on his OneDrive account, and found that he had tried emailing similar pictures from his live.com email address.
Google has issued a statement regarding the recent arrest of a sex offender in Texas facilitated by the company's automated scanning algorithm for tracking down child pornography across services.
Google's Eric Schmidt announced today in the British press that Google and Microsoft have started blocking over 100.000 searches related to child abuse imagery. The changes will soon roll-out globally
Microsoft has announced that it will offer its PhotoDNA image matching software for free to law enforcement officials in a new partnership to help them combat child pornography.
The well known hacker group Anonymous has claimed it has caused the shut down of over 40 web sites set up for child pornography in a project called Operation Darknet.
As part of an initiative by the American Department of Homeland Security’s ICE project, multiple web domains were taken down this week that are accused of hosting child pornography and counterfeit goods or linking to...
A man in Stamford, Connecticut is now in police custody after taking his PowerMac G5 computer to an Apple store for repairs relating to problems with image files. Raymond Miller took his computer to...