US teenagers accessed image manipulation apps despite parental safeguards
A report by the Tech Transparency Project found that US teenagers could download apps capable of creating non-consensual nude or sexual images, despite Apple and Google’s app rules and parental controls. The findings matter because schools are seeing cases in which students use such tools to make sexualised images of classmates.
Researchers set up Apple and Google accounts for fictional 13-year-olds and downloaded 135 apps with nudifying or face-swapping features. Some apps were rated suitable for young children, and a researcher was able to buy a subscription without an alert to a linked parent account. The investigation follows a case involving Pennsylvania student Morgan Dorfman’s daughter, whose image was used to make AI-generated sexual material; Apple and Google say they take steps to detect and remove harmful apps.
- Researchers downloaded 135 nudifying apps using accounts set up as 13-year-olds.
- Some apps were rated suitable for young children.
- The findings raise questions about app store age checks and parental controls.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds”.