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Apple Cracks Down on AI Nudify Apps Hiding in the App Store

📅 Oct 20, 2026

✍️ Aamir Raza

Apple Targets AI Nudify Apps

New App Store rules go after apps that use AI to make nonconsensual intimate images of real people.

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Developers Must Now Police AI Content

Guideline 1.2 now requires apps to prevent, detect, and remove nonconsensual intimate imagery — including AI deepfakes.

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No More Bait-and-Switch Tricks

New rule 2.5.19 bans apps that hide features to pass review, then switch on nudify tools — code obfuscation included.

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Why Apple Acted Now

San Francisco ordered Apple to remove eight nudify apps in July; a watchdog found 48 on the store back in January.

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Break the Rules, Lose the Account

"We do not hesitate to remove apps, and terminate the developers behind them," Apple said in its announcement.

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