Criticized By Many Parties, Apple Cancels Child Safety Features

Apple cancels child safety feature (photo: doc. unsplash)

JAKARTA – After receiving intense criticism, Apple Inc. finally stated on Friday September 3 that they would need more time to gather feedback and improve the child safety features they would implement.

Last month, Apple pledged to check US customers' phones and computers for images of child sex abuse that sparked a global backlash from rights groups. Even Apple employees criticized the plan internally.

Critics argue the feature could be exploited by the government of a repressive country seeking other material for censorship or arrest of certain content.

Apple countered that it would allow security researchers to verify its claims. However, the company last Friday said it needed more time to make changes to their system.

"Based on feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers and others, we have decided to take additional time over the coming months to gather feedback and make improvements before releasing this critically important child safety feature," the company said in a statement. Friday, September 3rd.

Matthew Green, a cybersecurity researcher at Johns Hopkins University who criticized Apple's move, said Apple's move was "promising."

Green said on Twitter that Apple should be "clear about why you're scanning and what you're scanning. Everything from scanning nothing (except email attachments) to scanning everyone's personal photo library is a huge delta. You need to justify escalation like this. this ."

Apple has been playing defense on their plans for weeks, and has offered a series of explanations and documents to show that the risk of false detection is low.