--- title: Apple wins dismissal of iCloud child abuse imagery... description: A US federal judge dismissed with prejudice a class action lawsuit against Apple over child sexual abuse material (CSAM) stored and shared via iCloud. Judge... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-wins-dismissal-of-icloud-child-abuse-imagery-lawsuit-on-section-230-grounds-we1vjnqy3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple wins dismissal of iCloud child abuse imagery lawsuit on Section 230 grounds | daily.dev og:description: A US federal judge dismissed with prejudice a class action lawsuit against Apple over child sexual abuse material (CSAM) stored and shared via iCloud. Judge... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-wins-dismissal-of-icloud-child-abuse-imagery-lawsuit-on-section-230-grounds-we1vjnqy3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/we1vjNQY3.png og:image:alt: Apple wins dismissal of iCloud child abuse imagery lawsuit on Section 230 grounds og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple wins dismissal of iCloud child abuse imagery lawsuit on Section 230 grounds **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A US federal judge dismissed with prejudice a class action lawsuit against Apple over child sexual abuse material (CSAM) stored and shared via iCloud. Judge Noël Wise ruled that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Apple from liability for failing to remove or block user-generated content. The suit, brought by two survivors and representing a proposed class of 2,680 people, had sought up to $32.8bn in damages. The judge also found no federal law requiring Apple to build or deploy detection tools, directing lawmakers to address the gap. Apple had previously announced and then abandoned its NeuralHash scanning system in 2022 amid privacy concerns. Plaintiffs are considering an appeal to the Ninth Circuit. A separate West Virginia state case over similar conduct remains active. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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