However, leading child safety charities have urged Apple to press ahead with the move.
Plans for software capable of detecting child abuse images to be built into iPhones have been temporarily shelved over privacy concerns.
Some have suggested the tool could be hijacked by authoritarian governments to look for other types of images. ‘Based on feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers and others, we have decided to take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements before releasing these critically important child safety features.’Andy Burrows, head of child safety online policy at children’s charity the NSPCC, said the delay was ‘incredibly disappointing’.
‘We hope Apple will consider standing their ground instead of delaying important child protection measures in the face of criticism.’The system works by looking for digital markers of known child sex abuse material provided by child safety organisations.
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