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Telegram Joins Child Safety Scheme

Internet Watch Foundation confirms Telegram messaging app has joined child abuse imagery crackdown, after years of refusal

French authorities extend detention of Pavel Durov as investigation of fraud, organised crime, terrorism on platform continues

Australian regulator fines X, formerly Twitter, over failure to cooperate with inquiry into its policies on removing child abuse material

Controversial plan to check images for CSAM on iOS devices and iCloud has now been abandoned this week by Apple

DCMS committee says draft version of landmark online safety bill is not robust or clear enough to tackle illegal or harmful content

UK data protection watchdog, the ICO, says encryption provides protections for children, after government-backed campaign against it

Public funds to used for government-backed advertising campaign against end-to-end encryption, but security experts argue against the move

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More than 90 privacy groups urge Apple to abandon plans to scan children's messages, and the iPhone's of adults for CSAM images

Apple promises to reject any government demands to use, or alter, its controversial detection system of child abuse images

Slippery slope? Apple accused of creating encryption backdoor as it becomes first tech firm to scan for child abuses images on-device

Strategic move? Google, Facebook, Microsoft pledge to improve and standardise annual disclosures around online child exploitation