Last month, Apple announced that it will be introducing new child safety features in three areas, developed in collaboration with child safety experts. After backlash from various industry experts including whistleblower Edward Snowden, Apple has now decided to back down from this initiative. On Friday, Apple issued a statement saying that they have taken the feedback of customers, researchers and advocacy groups into consideration and have decided to step back for now. "We have decided to take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements before releasing these critically important child safety features," read the statement. According to Snowden, no matter how well-intentioned, Apple is rolling out mass surveillance to the entire world with this.