Apple, Google Remove 8 Nudify Apps After San Francisco Targets 13
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Updated · Yahoo · Jul 17
Apple, Google Remove 8 Nudify Apps After San Francisco Targets 13
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo · Jul 17
Summary
Google suspended all five Play Store apps named in San Francisco's cease-and-desist letter, while Apple removed three App Store apps and began terminating their developer accounts.
13 apps marketed as face-swap tools were accused of generating nonconsensual AI nude images used to bully, humiliate and threaten women and girls, according to City Attorney David Chiu's letters reviewed by Wired.
Apple said four other flagged apps must fix policy violations or face removal, while Google said it has also suspended hundreds of related apps and restricted searches for "nudify."
705 million downloads and $117 million in revenue were tied to similar apps identified by the Tech Transparency Project in January, underscoring the scale of the deepfake pornography problem.