{"id":405296,"date":"2026-07-20T14:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405296\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:48:56","slug":"apple-google-benefit-from-harmful-nudify-apps-san-francisco-argues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405296\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Google benefit from harmful ‘nudify’ apps, San Francisco argues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\tApple, Google benefit from harmful ‘nudify’ apps, San Francisco argues<\/p>\n

By Amanda Robert<\/a><\/p>\n

July 20, 2026, 9:25 am CDT<\/p>\n

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San Francisco is demanding that Apple and Google take action against artificial intelligence-powered \u201cnudify\u201d apps that target women and girls. (Image from Shutterstock<\/a>)<\/p>\n

San Francisco is demanding that Apple and Google take action against artificial intelligence-powered \u201cnudify\u201d apps that target women and girls.<\/p>\n

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu on Thursday sent legal notices to the tech giants telling them to remove 13 face-swapping apps\u2014which allow users to \u201cundress\u201d people\u2014from their app stores, according to a story from Wired<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerating nonconsensual intimate images is illegal, harmful and completely unacceptable,\u201d Chiu told Wired.<\/p>\n

In the notices, Chiu said Apple and Google have been \u201caiding and abetting\u201d the sale of these explicit images, despite California laws that prohibit the support of services that create deep-fake pornography, Wired reports. The apps have an internal payment system, and Chiu said a portion of payments go to Apple and Google.<\/p>\n

Google spokesperson Dan Jackson told Wired that the company has deleted hundreds of apps with \u201cnudifying\u201d capabilities, including the ones that Chiu\u2019s office flagged.<\/p>\n

Adam Dema, an Apple spokesperson, also told Wired that the company has removed three of the apps flagged by Chiu and is \u201cin the process of terminating their developer accounts from our program.\u201d He said Apple is asking other developers to \u201caddress policy violations or risk being removed, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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