In an unproven affidavit filed in court to obtain a search warrant, Toronto police say the U.S. tech giant flagged 11 images of suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded last August to a Google Drive account in Poon's name. As CBC News first reported last week (new window), Poon was charged by Toronto police in November with two counts of accessing and possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material. Detectives laid 41 more charges in December including making and possessing child pornography, sexual assault, voyeurism for a sexual purpose and drugging someone to facilitate sexual assault. Neither the criminal charges nor allegations in a police application for search warrants, obtained by CBC News, have been proven in court. The software then compares each hash to the ones of known illicit images and flags matches and strong similarities.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2026 03:29 UTC