App Stores Push Users Toward Nudify Apps, New Research Shows
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- Google and Apple app stores actively promote 'nudify' and 'undress' apps through search results and ads, despite policies prohibiting adult content.
- TTP found around 40% of top search results for terms like 'nudify' could render women nude, with ads appearing prominently, including in Google's carousel.
- Apple sells and places ads for these apps in its store, contradicting its own policy against adult-oriented content.
- Google has suspended some apps identified by TTP, stating it investigates policy violations, but historical issues of surfacing such apps via searches were noted.
- Nudify apps are easily accessible and advertised on social media, used for bullying in schools, causing harm with inadequate administrative preparedness.