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Child safety group’s vans targeted John Ternus at Apple Fifth Avenue, per report
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Child safety group's vans targeted John Ternus at Apple Fifth Avenue, per report

Mike Peterson · September 19, 2026

A child safety group lined Fifth Avenue with lit-up vans aimed at John Ternus as he opened Apple’s flagship New York store for the iPhone 18 Pro launch on September 18, according to AppleInsider. The group, Heat Initiative, wants Apple to do more to stop child sexual abuse material spreading through iCloud and to protect…

Apple’s own pages disagree on whether iOS 27 blocks violence in FaceTime calls
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Apple's own pages disagree on whether iOS 27 blocks violence in FaceTime calls

Mike Peterson · September 15, 2026

Communication Safety in iOS 27 now blurs gore and violence for children, not just nudity, but Apple’s own pages disagree on whether that protection reaches live FaceTime calls. Apple’s September 14 announcement says it does, while its Communication Safety support document, published the same day, says gore and violence detection works “only in FaceTime video…

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