West Virginia Sues Apple for Child Sexual Abuse Content on iCloud

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey sued Apple on Thursday, alleging the company prioritized privacy branding while allowing child sexual abuse materials to proliferate on its iCloud platform.The lawsuit cites internal messages from executive Eric Friedman describing the service as a major platform for illegal content and notes that Apple abandoned plans for a detection system in 2021.This legal action, the first of its kind from a government entity, seeks damages and a court order requiring Apple to implement effective screening technology similar to tools used by Google and Microsoft.