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West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud child porn hosting
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
West Virginia's attorney general believes iCloud is the greatest platform ever made to distribute child porn, and is the first government to sue Apple after a previous class action failed.Apple is under fire over its handling of CSAM on iCloud serversMcCuskey's office also cited a 2020 text messa...
West Virginia's attorney general believes iCloud is the greatest platform ever made to distribute child porn, and is the first government to sue Apple after a previous class action failed.
Apple is under fire over its handling of CSAM on iCloud servers
McCuskey's office also cited a 2020 text message from a then-Apple anti-fraud lead as saying that Apple's decisions over the way it handles iCloud and the storing of images make it "the greatest platform for distributing child porn."
In a statement to Reuters, Attorney General JB McCuskey argued that Apple's inaction is "inexcusable."
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Apple is under fire over its handling of CSAM on iCloud servers
McCuskey's office also cited a 2020 text message from a then-Apple anti-fraud lead as saying that Apple's decisions over the way it handles iCloud and the storing of images make it "the greatest platform for distributing child porn."
In a statement to Reuters, Attorney General JB McCuskey argued that Apple's inaction is "inexcusable."
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