Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL)decision to abandon plans to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has invited the wrath of protestors, who have now set up banners in front of Apple Park to coincide with the iPhone 15 launch. What Happened: Protestors have set up anti-Apple banners in front of Apple Park, condemning Apple’s decision to abandon its iPhone CSAM detection plans, implying that the company is somehow enabling it. “Child sexual abuse is stored on iCloud. Apple allows it,” says the poster put up by Heat Initiative, a collective of child safety experts and advocates. The poster was spotted and shared by an Instagram user. The Heat Initiative’s website underlines its efforts to bring Apple to make good on its commitment to protect children. Back in 2021, Apple announced plans to scan iPhones and iCloud for CSAM – while child safety experts praised this, it angered privacy advocates. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, called it opening a “backdoor” to the private lives of users. After facing immense backlash, Apple quietly pulled references to CSAM detection on its website and subsequently called it off entirely in 2022. Why It Matters: CSAM is a huge problem. A case in point is the iCloud account of a 32-year-old man, who was found to be in possession of nearly 2,400 child abuse images in 2019, according to the Heat Initiative. “We are calling on Apple to detect, report, and remove child sexual abuse images and videos from iCloud,” the collective says. Here’s What Apple Has To Say On the other hand, Apple says its initial CSAM detection plans would have violated user privacy. This realization came about after immense backlash from cybersecurity and privacy experts. The company said this would not only snowball into a privacy issue but also create security risks and new vectors for malicious parties to attack. Instead, Apple has come up with a different solution with on-device CSAM detection within apps themselves – for example, apps like Messages, FaceTime, AirDrop, and more have on-device nudity detection systems. Apple has also launched an application programming interface (API) for this so third-party apps can implement it without adversely impacting user privacy – this also aligns with one of the demands of Heat Initiative, but its protests suggest that it is not completely satisfied with the steps Apple has taken so far.

On Saturday, hours after Pakistan went down by two wickets in the virtual semifinal of the Asia Cup tie against Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, a picture of pacer Zaman Khan, who bowled by the final over, went viral with the bowler is seen in action moment before releasing the ball and the non-striker is seen inches outside the crease. The missed opportunity for Pakistan thereafter sparked a hug debate on social media among India and Pakistan fans.

The picture is from the final two balls of the Super Four match where Sri Lanka’s Matheesha Pathirana was at the non-striker’s end having walked in as the new batter after Pramod Madushan sacrificed his wicket to get Charith Asalanka on strike. In the picture, Pathirana can clearly be seen standing inches outside the crease at the moment when Zaman is about to release the ball. Had he gained advantage of at least one of the balls, Sri Lanka would have been left with six to win from one ball. But Zaman let go of the opportunity instead and later Asalanka smashed a four off the penultimate ball and managed two runs in the last ball to guide Sri Lanka to the Asia Cup final while Pakistan were knocked out.

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Law 38.3 of the MCC, which pertains to the “Non-striker leaving his/her ground early, clearly states that, “At any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be Run out if he/she is out of his/her ground.”

Later in 2022, the Lord’s-based MCC, the sole authority on the laws of cricket, moved the law from Law 41 (Unfair Play) to Law 38 (Runout). Yet, the debate that sparked between India and Pakistan fans over Zaman’s missed opportunity centered around words like “grace” and “dignity”.

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