{
  "id": 18166519,
  "title": "Apple will check shared iCloud links for ‘harmful content’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/apple-will-check-shared-icloud-links-for-harmful-content",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T18:23:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1026604/apple-icloud-links-harmful-content-27-3"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple will begin screening shared iCloud links for \"harmful content\" starting with iOS 27.3 and subsequent updates, the company has announced. When users share an item accessible via a link in version 27.3 or later of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, Apple will be able to examine the content for potential harmful material. A support document explains that sharing an item with \"Anyone with the Link\" permissions will no longer provide end-to-end encryption, and Apple reserves the right to take various actions against users who upload such content. These actions may include moving, refusing, modifying, removing, or deleting the content, blocking or disabling accounts, preventing users from creating new accounts, or even collaborating with law enforcement if necessary. Apple has launched the first 27.3 developer betas and plans to release iOS 27.3 in December.",
  "summary": "Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for \"harmful content\" starting with iOS 27.3 and other 27.3 updates, the company says. \"When you share an item that can be accessed by Anyone with the Link in version 27.3 or later of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, that […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "With iOS 27.3, Apple will start checking iCloud public links for ‘harmful content’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/with-ios-27-3-apple-will-start-checking-icloud-public-links-for",
        "published": "2026-11-04T15:55:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "iCloud's 'Anyone with the Link' option will trigger Apple content checks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/iclouds-anyone-with-the-link-option-will-trigger-apple-content-checks",
        "published": "2026-11-04T16:33:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MacRumors",
        "title": "Apple Will Check Public iCloud Links for Harmful Content Starting in iOS 27.3",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/apple-will-check-public-icloud-links-for-harmful-content-starting-in",
        "published": "2026-11-04T19:12:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}