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Apple defends child protection features over privacy concerns

Apple defended new child protection features that would check images uploaded to its cloud storage and on its messaging platform, rejecting concerns the updates pose threats to privacy.

“We can see that it’s been widely misunderstood,” the US tech giant’s software chief Craig Federighi said of the update rollout. Federighi said the new tools do not make Apple’s systems and devices less secure or confidential.