Apple has revised its App Store moderation policy to explicitly target apps that use AI to generate nonconsensual sexually explicit images. Developers hosting user-generated content must now filter out such imagery, let users report abuse and block accounts, and remove violating content or face removal from the store. Apple also said it will expel both apps and their developers from the Apple Developer Program if they conceal 'nudification' features during the review process.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-17
Apple revised its App Review Guidelines to add explicit protections against AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery, anonymous bullying, and apps that disguise their true function to evade review—such as gambling platforms masquerading as games. The update follows reports from the Tech Transparency Project, San Francisco officials, and 9to5Mac documenting nudify apps, hidden betting platforms, and the Grok chatbot controversy involving nonconsensual sexualized images.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-16
Apple updated its App Store guidelines on Friday to explicitly require developers to prevent and remove nonconsensual sexual images generated by AI tools. The rules state developers who fail to implement safeguards or don't address violations after being notified can be removed from the App Store. Apple also clarified its 'bait-and-switch' policy to cover apps that add nudification features after approval, and reiterated that apps facilitating human trafficking or child exploitation will be pulled and blocked from alternative distribution.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-16
A Tech Transparency Project investigation found Meta took days to pull hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads promoting AI apps that generated child sexual abuse material, some using real photos of children including a European royal and a preteen social media influencer. The ads, mostly linked to Chinese-made AI and 'nudify' apps, digitally altered images of children into sexually explicit videos and used explicit captions to lure users.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-08
US District Judge Donovan Frank has again ruled against Elon Musk's xAI in its effort to halt Minnesota's law banning AI tools that create non-consensual sexualized images. The judge denied xAI's preliminary injunction request, finding the company failed to prove it would suffer irreparable harm while its First Amendment lawsuit against the state proceeds. Minnesota's law, effective since August 1, imposes fines of $500,000 per unlawful image access, penalties xAI argues could total billions of dollars.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-07
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