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

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A report by the Tech Transparency Project found that test accounts posing as 13-year-olds could download 135 apps with features for generating nonconsensual nude imagery, despite Apple and Google's parental controls.

Why it matters: It indicates that app store parental controls may not prevent minors from accessing apps that can generate nonconsensual nude images.

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“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…”
Guardian AI, 19 Oct 2026, 10:00.

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