# Apple Wins CSAM Lawsuit Court dismisses claims that Apple failed to prevent CSAM spread via iCloud. - **Source:** [9to5Mac](https://brifing.si/source/59447403-ce5b-427c-8132-8614f549929a) - **Published:** 2026-07-14 - **Topic:** [Business](https://brifing.si/c/business) - **Original article:** - **On Brifing:** https://brifing.si/s/b7dae848-a5be-4faf-ba2a-21712fd2d7f8 ## Overview of the case Apple has won a class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to prevent the storage and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through iCloud. U.S. District Judge Noël Wise dismissed the case with prejudice. ## Plaintiffs' claims Plaintiffs Amy and Jessica claimed that images of their childhood abuse continued to circulate on iCloud and that Apple knowingly declined to use available tools to prevent it. ## Apple's defense Apple argued it was protected under Section 230, which shields online services from liability for content created by their users. ## NeuralHash system The plaintiffs alleged that Apple abandoned NeuralHash, a system announced in 2021 that would have matched images uploaded to iCloud against databases of known abuse material. ## Class action request The plaintiffs sought to bring the case as a class action on behalf of thousands of others, with estimated compensatory damages as high as $32.8 billion. ## Court's decision Judge Wise ruled that Apple is not responsible for failing to remove or block user-generated content, dismissing the case. The plaintiffs are considering an appeal. ## Sources covering this story - https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/14/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-accusing-apple-of-failing-to-stop-csam-on-icloud/ — --- _Summary written by Brifing from the original reporting. Copyright in the original article belongs to its publisher; read the full piece at the link above._