West Virginia’s attorney general alleges Apple failed to prevent child sexual abuse material from being stored and shared through iOS and iCloud. West Virginia’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Apple on Thursday,

The West Virginia attorney general’s office sued Apple on Thursday, claiming the tech giant allowed child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) to be stored and distributed on its iCloud service.

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Apple, accusing the company of allowing its iCloud storage service to be used to distribute child sexual abuse material and failing to adopt stronger detection measures.

Attorney General J.B. McCuskey’s office filed, on Feb. 19, 2026, what they say is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging California-based Apple Inc. knowingly allowed its iCloud platform to be used as a vehicle for distributing and storing child sexual abuse material.

The West Virginia attorney general’s office sued Apple on Thursday, claiming the tech giant allowed child sexual abuse materials to be stored and distributed on its iCloud service.

West Virginia becomes first state to sue Apple over allegations the tech giant allows predators to hide child abuse material in iCloud storage systems.

West Virginia’s attorney general sued Apple on Thursday, accusing the iPhone maker of allowing its iCloud service to become what the company’s internal communications called the “greatest platform for distributing child porn.