Apple has updated its App Store moderation policy to prevent the use of applications, including AI-powered tools, for creating nonconsensual intimate imagery or "nudify" content. The company now requires developers of apps with user-generated content to proactively filter such material, provide reporting and blocking tools, and prevent uploads of explicit images. Developers must also remove any offending content that slips through filters.
Failure to implement adequate safeguards or to correct violations after notification may result in removal from the App Store and the Apple Developer Program. Apple also clarified that apps using bait-and-switch tactics—misrepresenting their purpose during review to hide nudification capabilities—will be removed, and their developers banned from the program. The update strengthens Apple’s longstanding prohibition on pornographic content by extending accountability to AI-generated explicit material.
Source: Engadget · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing