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US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

The Guardian Australia - Technology · 19 October 2026 at 9:00 pm

US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

Exclusive: Using test accounts acting as 13-year-olds, Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 apps with features to generate nonconsensual nude imagery In December 2025, Morgan Dorfman received distressing news: a student at her daughter’s Pennsylvania high school was making AI-generated pornographic material using the daughter’s image.

He was using an artificial intelligence image-editing app called Movely to create sexual videos from pictures of her daughter and five other girls.

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US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

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